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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Austin’s grandfather?
(a) Willis.
(b) Bruce.
(c) Walter.
(d) Benjamin.

2. With which of the following does the twenty-third chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “As the weeks passed, Austin found himself uncharacteristically apprehensive…”
(b) “As payback for her truancy, Charlie had received a red-faced diatribe from her father…”
(c) “February had repressed her anxiety.”
(d) “Backstage was cavernous…”

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

4. In what year did the Workman ancestors flee institutional confinement?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1866.

5. In what building on the River Valley campus do Charlie and her father meet with February for their orientation to the school?
(a) Cannon.
(b) Clerc.
(c) Morrill.
(d) Murphy.

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

7. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) St. Rita School for the Deaf.
(b) Tucker Maxon School.
(c) Texas School for the Deaf.
(d) St. Mary’s School for the Deaf.

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

9. With which of the following does the thirteenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “February Waters was nine years old…”
(b) “Things were touch and go in the weeks after the Wandapocalypse…”
(c) “If there had been such a thing as homecoming…”
(d) “The summer before her sophomore year…”

10. What is the name of Austin’s grandmother?
(a) May.
(b) Nyarinda.
(c) Dee.
(d) Lorna.

11. In which grade are the students who flush their hearing aids down the toilet?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Third.
(d) Seventh.

12. Which of the following magazines does Austin note in the hospital while he waits for his sister’s birth?
(a) National Geographic World.
(b) Muse.
(c) Highlights.
(d) Ranger Rick.

13. With which of the following does the twenty-sixth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “February had repressed her anxiety.”
(b) “February had run out of dusk by the time she finished…”
(c) “Austin spent the weekend at home vacillating…”
(d) “2:34 A.M.”

14. In what classroom does February injure herself?
(a) 1-E.
(b) 4-B.
(c) 3-C.
(d) 2-D.

15. With which of the following does the tenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “If there had been such a thing as homecoming…”
(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) “The morning of the first day of school…”

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does the eleventh chapter of the novel begin?

2. With which of the following does the fourteenth chapter of the novel begin?

3. What school does Charlie attend before her enrollment in a school for the Deaf?

4. Which of the following roles does Austin play?

5. With which of the following does the twenty-fourth chapter of the novel begin?

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