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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lou Ann's nosy neighbor?

2. What skill did Lou Ann's middle sister say that Lou Ann's youngest sister had?

3. What did Lou Ann call deafness?

4. On what street was the church that Lou Ann's parents were married in?

5. How many years did Lou Ann's mom stay at the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Lou Ann's name chosen?

2. What did Lou Ann feel was the worst thing about deafness?

3. Why did Lou Ann think that her parents weren't deaf?

4. What did Lou Ann feel that she and her family were to the rest of the world?

5. What caused Lou Ann's father to become deaf?

6. How did Doris Jean react when she was left at school?

7. What role did Lou Ann play in her parents' lives as a child?

8. What did Grandpa Walker do for work?

9. What transpired when a visitor came to Doris Jean's parents home when she was sick?

10. How did Lou Ann's parents feel about her going to Harvard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact that having deaf parents played on Lou Ann's childhood.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Lou Ann's maternal and paternal grandparents reactions to finding out that their respective children were deaf, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Lou Ann and her sisters had very different reactions to their parents deafness. Compare and contrast their feelings using examples from the book.

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