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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. Where was Lou Ann's parents wedding held?

2. What was Lou Ann's mom wearing when her dad proposed?

3. What was crucial to Lou Ann's parents?

4. In what year did the depression hit Montpelier, Indiana?

5. What was Lou Ann going to school for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Doris Jean's mom use to try to get her to talk?

3. What happened at the gas station on the way to Harvard?

4. What was Lou Ann's nightly ritual as a child?

5. What type of personality did Grandma Nellie have?

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

7. How did Doris Jean's parents react to the news that she was engaged?

8. What were the fears when Lou Ann was born and how were those fears alleviated?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact that deafness played on Gale and his family. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Working in different capacities to help the deaf was very important to Lou Ann. Discuss this using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Lou Ann's life with deaf parents to how she thought her life would have been with hearing parents.

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