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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. With which of the following does the forty-fourth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Christmas Day, for Austin, was always tinged with bitterness…”
(b) “The atmosphere in the dorm the night before Christmas break was charged…”
(c) “On the afternoon of the thirty-first…”
(d) “Merry Christmas!”

2. With which of the following does the thirty-second chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “I said, how was school?”
(b) “Kayla could see that Austin had done it automatically…”
(c) “February found the emptying of the dorms…”
(d) “Austin spent the rest of Tuesday evening and all of their truncated Wednesday schedule awash with humiliation…”

3. How old is Wanda’s brother when he dies?
(a) 27.
(b) 70.
(c) 7.
(d) 17.

4. Which of the following shows does a grieving February watch?
(a) The Beastmaster.
(b) American Gladiators.
(c) Eurovision.
(d) American Ninja Warrior.

5. What message does Austin send to Charlie at his family’s Christmas gathering?
(a) U up?
(b) Yolo!
(c) FML.
(d) Miss u.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following foods does Mel retrieve while attending at February’s mother’s deathbed?

2. Whom of the following downloads useful apps onto Charlie’s phone for her?

3. Which of the following do Slash and his compatriots steal?

4. How old is Wanda when her brother dies?

5. Which of the following does Austin’s family serve for dinner on New Year’s Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie note as the question she most hates being asked?

2. How is Deaf Standard Time defined in the novel?

3. For what reason is the kind of cochlear implant Charlie has recalled?

4. What does Austin offer Charlie that she had not previously found attractive?

5. How does Austin’s mother demonstrate her displeasure at the scheduling of Skylar’s appointment?

6. Why does Charlie note to Austin that she turns off her cochlear implant at the club where Slash’s band plays?

7. What does Charlie note most liking about her grandmother’s visits?

8. How does Gabriella shame Austin at the pizza excursion?

9. Why does Wanda think of her brother upon learning of the imminent closure of her school?

10. What constant in school nursing does Charlie note?

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