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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. Why did Lou Ann always wear that color on Christmas?

2. Why didn't children of deaf parents talk about their experiences?

3. What gang was the deaf gang an undergrowth of?

4. Who was Lou Ann's roommate in New York?

5. What day of the week did Lou Ann's dad get paid on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lou Ann feel when she received a letter at college from her Aunt Imogene?

2. What was Lou Ann attempting to write an article about?

3. What did Lou Ann's parents do for a social life when she was a child?

4. What did Lou Ann do the summer before college?

5. How did Lou Ann feel about the work she had to do at Harvard?

6. Why did Lou Ann transfer to Harvard?

7. What was Christmas like when Lou Ann was a child?

8. Why did Lou Ann feel that her parents were so often looked down on?

9. How did Lou Ann's experience with Tyrone impact her?

10. Why did Lou Ann feel guilty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lou Ann felt it important to break away from home when she went to college. Discuss why she felt that way using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Lou Ann's feelings about having deaf parents differed from the opinions of other children of deaf parents.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Lou Ann's parents were perceived by strangers because of their deafness, using specific examples from the book.

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