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

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

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

4. What magazine did Lou Ann's boss move to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What made Lou Ann decide to quit interpreting?

2. How was Lou Ann's exterior attitude colliding with her interior attitude?

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

4. What were Lou Ann's first few weeks at Harvard like?

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

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

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

8. Why did Lou Ann transfer to Harvard?

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

10. How did Lou Ann's mom feel when her wallet was stolen?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what the phrase "vanilla fires" meant to Lou Ann. Use examples from the book.

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