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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does the second chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “The summer before her sophomore year…”
(b) “After the Serrano meeting…”
(c) “February had been born on the edge of East Colson…”
(d) “Charlie and her father were late to their first ASL class.”

2. With which of the following does the tenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “The morning of the first day of school…”
(b) “It was one of those nights she could tell they were going to argue…”
(c) “Both of Austin’s parents came to drop-off…”
(d) “If there had been such a thing as homecoming…”

3. Which of the following does Swall eat when meeting with February?
(a) Gazpacho.
(b) Clam chowder.
(c) Gumbo.
(d) Lobster bisque.

4. With which of the following does the nineteenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Charlie was eager to put the rocky week behind her.”
(b) “Charlie woke naked atop the blankets the next morning…”
(c) “February was crossing the quad after a meeting with the secondary school teachers when she came upon her semester’s great mystery…”
(d) “February had received her share of 4:00 A.M. phone calls…”

5. With which of the following does the seventeenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “A month and a half in, Charlie had hit a wall…”
(b) “February was crossing the quad after a meeting with the secondary school teachers when she came upon her semester’s great mystery…”
(c) “Charlie was eager to put the rocky week behind her.”
(d) “Austin spent the weekend at home vacillating…”

6. Which of the following roles does Austin play?
(a) John.
(b) Hook.
(c) Peter.
(d) Michael.

7. With which of the following does the fifteenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “A month and a half in, Charlie had hit a wall…”
(b) “February had run out of dusk by the time she finished…”
(c) “2:34 A.M.”
(d) “Austin spent the weekend at home vacillating…”

8. With which of the following does the twelfth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “February Waters was nine years old…”
(b) “It was one of those nights she could tell they were going to argue…”
(c) “Things were touch and go in the weeks after the Wandapocalypse…”
(d) “If there had been such a thing as homecoming…”

9. With which of the following does the sixth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Charlie remembered the earliest years of her education with a certain fondness…”
(b) “Though it always arrived before she was ready, February relished the first day of school.”
(c) “Charlie was aware from a tender age that she was not the daughter her mother wanted.”
(d) “For Austin Workman-Bayard, Deafness was a family heirloom.”

10. Which of the following classes does Sybeck teach?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Astronomy.

11. Whom of the following is cited in the novel’s epigraphs?
(a) Nikola Tesla.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Graham Bell.
(d) Thomas Alva Edison.

12. Which of the following professions does Mel hold?
(a) History professor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Software engineer.
(d) Pageant coach.

13. With which of the following does the third chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “After the Serrano meeting…”
(b) “Charlie was aware from a tender age that she was not the daughter her mother wanted.”
(c) “February had been born on the edge of East Colson…”
(d) “Charlie and her father were late to their first ASL class.”

14. At which of the following hardware stores does February shop?
(a) Menard's.
(b) Ace.
(c) Lowe's.
(d) Holden's.

15. Which of the following magazines does Austin note in the hospital while he waits for his sister’s birth?
(a) Today’s Digest.
(b) Men’s Health.
(c) Health Today.
(d) Women’s Health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Slash’s band?

2. Which of the following magazines does Austin note in the hospital while he waits for his sister’s birth?

3. With which of the following does the eighteenth chapter of the novel begin?

4. With which of the following does the fourth chapter of the novel begin?

5. For which subject is February filling in?

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