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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orin and Sarah were told that organ music was the voice of God and it should __________ them.
(a) Excite.
(b) Overwhelm.
(c) Hurt.
(d) Calm.

2. Orin taunts Sarah, saying that she has a full time interpreter, just like a United Nations _____________.
(a) Page.
(b) Diplomat.
(c) Lobbyist.
(d) President.

3. Sarah points out that every time things get too serious for James, he ____________.
(a) Runs away.
(b) Ignores her.
(c) Makes a joke.
(d) Doesn't try to see her side.

4. James asks Sarah whether she's afraid that having fun in the hearing world means she will have her angry deaf person's _________ revoked.
(a) Attitude.
(b) Reputation.
(c) License.
(d) Permission.

5. Sarah believes that she is too _________ to learn how to lip read or to speak well.
(a) Stubborn.
(b) Dumb.
(c) Deaf.
(d) Old.

6. When Sarah sees people _____________, she can feel even more from the music.
(a) Fighting.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Talking.

7. What else is sounding in the house which is only heard by James as the others are deaf or hearing impaired?
(a) Radio.
(b) Alarm.
(c) Oven buzzer.
(d) Microwave.

8. Who has to translate the phone call so that Sarah can talk on the phone as well?
(a) Orin.
(b) James.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Mr. Franklin.

9. Who has decided to try to teach Sarah how to play the card game being played?
(a) Orin.
(b) Mr. Franklin.
(c) Mrs. Norman.
(d) James.

10. Sarah says that she can enjoy music because of the ____________ she can experience.
(a) Mood changes.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Reactions of James.
(d) Vibrations.

11. What is the world that Orin points out that he and Sarah do not like to use when referring to Sarah particularly?
(a) Deaf.
(b) Non-hearing.
(c) Dumb.
(d) Handicapped.

12. What does Orin want Sarah to read at least before meeting with the lawyer?
(a) A note from him.
(b) Research.
(c) A note from another student.
(d) His own complaint.

13. Who is the phone call for, the one that rings when no one but James can hear it?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mr. Franklin.
(d) James.

14. Sarah thinks James wants her to be a deaf person so he can change her into a ___________ person.
(a) Loud.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Normal.
(d) Quiet.

15. James says that if Sarah feels she's not strong enough to juggle both worlds, then _________.
(a) He is.
(b) She can just give up.
(c) Then she doesn't have to.
(d) It's okay too.

Short Answer Questions

1. James questions the fact that Sarah doesn't want to talk anymore. "Do you think _________ is the best thing for confusion and anger?"

2. What is Orin called James on the phone that James points out to the audience without signing it for Sarah?

3. James is the only one to answer the _____________ as he is the only one who hears it.

4. Sarah notes to James that, "I like this best - what we can do __________ together."

5. James tries to explain the reason why Sarah can't possibly enjoy ____________ in a long discussion.

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