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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sarah as a child draw on her picture of the Virgin Mary, which infuriated her mother?
(a) A hearing aid.
(b) A pentacle.
(c) A cane.
(d) A moustache.

2. What does James assume the new student can do, though they cannot, causing communication difficulties?
(a) Write.
(b) Sign.
(c) Talk.
(d) Lip read.

3. What does Sarah ask James to do when they are out on the town?
(a) Take her to a movie.
(b) Buy her ice cream.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

4. Mrs. Norman accuses James of trying to force Sarah to __________ and lip read so she can pass for hearing.
(a) Pretend.
(b) Speak up.
(c) Go to class.
(d) Smile.

5. James: "In the beginning, there was __________ and out of that silence there could come only one thing: Speech."
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Silence.
(d) Tension.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Norman admits that her attempts to get Sarah's ___________ friends to pay more attention to her may have backfired.

2. What does Orin do after accusing James of having ulterior motives for being a therapist?

3. Who was in attendance at the wedding of James and of Sarah?

4. James accuses Orin of ______________, though Orin denies it when they are speaking.

5. Because Sarah spoke poorly, people thought she was ______________, so she stopped.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship Sarah shares with her mother as described in the following scene?

2. Who enters the room with Sarah Norman after Orin finds success with his speech?

3. What does James have to say to Mrs. Norman about Sarah's intelligence and her future?

4. What is the sign that Sarah makes to James? What does this sign mean?

5. Why does James want to protect becoming the speech therapy teacher for Sarah?

6. How does Sarah take the upper hand during her conversation with James when they first meet?

7. What does Sarah do for a job, though her mother was unaware that she was doing this?

8. What does James accuse Sarah of when she refuses to let James translate her speech for her?

9. When James and Sarah finally talk, what do they agree happened between them?

10. Why can't James enjoy the pleasure of music anymore, according to him?

(see the answer keys)

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