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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 hotel did Lou Ann's parents visit in Chicago?

2. Who did Lou Ann spend two weeks every summer as a child?

3. Where did the people that Lou Ann spent two weeks with every summer live?

4. Why was Lou Ann's article not sounding good?

5. What physical education course did Lou Ann take at college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Nasty Homicides gang?

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

3. How did Lou Ann choose her first college?

4. Where did Lou Ann go after graduating from Harvard?

5. How did Lou Ann resolve her feelings of guilt?

6. How did Lou Ann's views toward her interpreting work change over time?

7. What was Lou Ann's second job while she lived in New York?

8. Why was it so important to Lou Ann that her father join the Masons?

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

10. What was Lou Ann's childhood neighborhood like?

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

Discuss how Lou Ann's career choices were impacted by her parents deafness. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Lou Ann's social relationships were impacted by her parents deafness, using examples from the book.

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