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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 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) “Charlie was always ambivalent about the holidays.”
(d) “For February, intuition was a kind of intelligence…”

2. Which of the following foods does Mel retrieve while attending at February’s mother’s deathbed?
(a) Utz Cheese Balls.
(b) Cheez-Its.
(c) Cheetos.
(d) Doritos.

3. In what year does Skinner found the School for Colored Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Children?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1868.

4. With which of the following does the forty-third chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Merry Christmas!”
(b) “Christmas Day, for Austin, was always tinged with bitterness…”
(c) “The atmosphere in the dorm the night before Christmas break was charged…”
(d) “Wanda had seen the end of the world once before.”

5. How old is Wanda when her brother dies?
(a) 27.
(b) 70.
(c) 17.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does February’s mother find her remote control?

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

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

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

5. With which of the following does the thirty-second chapter of the novel begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what kind of joke does Charlie note she is happy to be the butt, and why?

2. What reasons are given for setting off fireworks in the parked car on New Year’s Eve?

3. Why does February attempt to insert herself into the conversation between one of her faculty and Austin’s mother?

4. To what does Charlie compare her mother unboxing her new cochlear implant equipment (202)?

5. How does Austin’s mother describe hearing culture (211)?

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

7. How does Charlie describe her social standing at her old school?

8. How does Charlie deflect her mother’s suspicion after her burglary?

9. What does Wanda note is the end-game against the Deaf?

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

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