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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. As which of the following is “true biz” translated?
(a) Metaphorically.
(b) Figuratively.
(c) Anecdotally.
(d) Literally.

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

3. With which of the following does the first chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “The summer before her sophomore year…”
(b) “Charlie and her father were late to their first ASL class.”
(c) “After the Serrano meeting…”
(d) “February Waters was nine years old…”

4. Which of the following shows Charlie how to work the curtains with the drama club?
(a) Alisha.
(b) Kayla.
(c) Austin.
(d) Gabriella.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For which subject is February filling in?

2. What kind of frozen yogurt do Charlie and her mother get together?

3. Which of the following had a production facility in Colson?

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

5. In what city is the care facility into which February places her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation is given for the existence of the New Quarters?

2. While waiting in the hospital for the birth of his sister, what does Austin note is “the problem with everything these days” (94)?

3. Why does Austin opine that it is better to be friendly than friends with one’s roommate?

4. What is the utopian vision February’s students describe in her class?

5. What fallback educational plans does February draft against the closing of her school?

6. Why are Charlie and her father late for their first ASL class?

7. To what factors does February ascribe her expectation for her school’s endurance among the closures of so many schools for the Deaf?

8. What event causes Charlie to be assigned to drama club activities?

9. Why does Charlie note having been disinterested in politics in school?

10. To what does February ascribe the origin of her name?

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