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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. At which of the following clubs does Kyle play?

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

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

4. In which grade are the students who flush their hearing aids down the toilet?

5. With which of the following does the twenty-third chapter of the novel begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is the instructor at Charlie’s first ASL class late?

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

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

6. What kind of ring does February get for Mel?

7. To what does February ascribe the low regard in which teenagers are often held?

8. What occasions Charlie’s return to mainstream schooling from her placement in special education?

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

10. Why does the stage crew wear headlamps?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For any one character in the text, explain how the text presents that character as a token, noting of what group that character is a token and how the tokenism affects the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

There is a comment made that February will have to have her school purchase new football helmets, but there is another comment made that the school does not have a homecoming celebration. What implications does the juxtaposition have about the culture of the school? How does the novel support those implications?

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of True Biz do so for the present novel? How or how not?

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