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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is listed as an ingredient in an ancient Egyptian “cure” for deafness?
(a) Olive oil.
(b) Zythum.
(c) Wine.
(d) Myrrh.

2. What color lipstick does February wear?
(a) Magenta.
(b) Chartreuse.
(c) Mauve.
(d) Fuchsia.

3. With which of the following does the fiftieth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Charlie arrived home in the early hours of New Year’s Day…”
(b) “Look, I’m not a monster.”
(c) “The morning of the play, Charlie woke again with double vision.”
(d) “Austin could feel the music long before they got where they were going.”

4. With which of the following does the thirty-seventh chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “For February, intuition was a kind of intelligence…”
(b) “Charlie woke in the morning to find Slash staring at her.”
(c) “Charlie let the bite of her mother’s accusation ripple…”
(d) “Word about Sky’s hearing…”

5. With which of the following does the thirty-fourth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Charlie was always ambivalent about the holidays.”
(b) “I said, how was school?”
(c) “For February, intuition was a kind of intelligence…”
(d) “Austin spent the rest of Tuesday evening and all of their truncated Wednesday schedule awash with humiliation…”

6. With which of the following does the twenty-eighth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Wraparound headache…”
(b) “Now Charlie’s language was burgeoning.”
(c) “And you’re sure they’re treating you well.”
(d) “After play practice on Tuesday…”

7. With which of the following does the forty-second chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Christmas Day, for Austin, was always tinged with bitterness…”
(b) “February spent her first week back at River Valley overwhelmed…”
(c) “Wanda had seen the end of the world once before.”
(d) “The atmosphere in the dorm the night before Christmas break was charged…”

8. With which of the following does the thirtieth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “February found the emptying of the dorms…”
(b) “Kayla could see that Austin had done it automatically…”
(c) “After play practice on Tuesday…”
(d) “And you’re sure they’re treating you well.”

9. In which of the following classes does Austin note having had a test?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Calculus.

10. What color lipstick does Austin’s grandmother wear?
(a) Chartreuse.
(b) Magenta.
(c) Fuchsia.
(d) Mauve.

11. With which of the following does the thirty-fifth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Charlie let the bite of her mother’s accusation ripple…”
(b) “Austin spent the rest of Tuesday evening and all of their truncated Wednesday schedule awash with humiliation…”
(c) “For February, intuition was a kind of intelligence…”
(d) “Charlie was always ambivalent about the holidays.”

12. Where does Austin’s mother report having seen the Clash?
(a) Kanawha.
(b) Kalamazoo.
(c) Kankakee.
(d) Kerrville.

13. To which of the following does Charlie compare her head?
(a) A field of corn.
(b) A coal mine.
(c) An oil field.
(d) A gas well.

14. Where does February’s mother find her remote control?
(a) Her trousers.
(b) Her side-table.
(c) Her jacket.
(d) Her slipper.

15. Which of the following does the novel present as “a real-life eyeth” (171)?
(a) Martha’s Vineyard.
(b) Nantucket.
(c) Montauk.
(d) Newport.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does the forty-fourth chapter of the novel begin?

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

3. With which of the following does the thirty-ninth chapter of the novel begin?

4. Which of the following signs off on the pizza excursion?

5. In what year does the Milan Conference regarding the Deaf occur?

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