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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following is “swallow fish” translated?

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

3. What is the name of Austin’s grandmother?

4. Which of the following roles does Austin play?

5. In what building on the River Valley campus do Charlie and her father sit for their first ASL class?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reason does February give for injuring herself in school?

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

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

6. Why does Charlie note knowing how sound travels through balloons?

7. For what reason does Charlie note being glad to leave her old school behind in the wake of her custody hearing?

8. Why does the stage crew wear headlamps?

9. How does Charlie convince her father to let her go out to attend Kyle’s show?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than young adult literature might True Biz be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The novel points out a number of inversions from mainstream practice. Identify and explicate one such inversion, noting what the common practice is, what the inversion is, and what effect the inversion has for the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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