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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 main entertainment in Lou Ann's town?

2. What was the name of the deaf street gang that Lou Ann heard of?

3. What did Lou Ann have to learn to do for herself?

4. What was the name of the magazine that Lou Ann was trying to start up?

5. Why did Lou Ann's father agree to apply to the fraternal order?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Lou Ann transfer to Harvard?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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

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