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

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

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

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

5. At which of the following clubs does Kyle play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What feeling about Austin does Charlie acknowledge after her first encounter with Gabriella?

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

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

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

10. What is the utopian vision February’s students describe in her 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

Sources attest to the presence of True Biz on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

The town in which the novel is set is presented as being in Ohio, near West Virginia and just inside the border between Ohio and Kentucky.

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