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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 third chapter of the novel begin?
2. With which of the following does the fifth chapter of the novel begin?
3. For which teacher is February filling in?
4. With which of the following does the twenty-sixth chapter of the novel begin?
5. Which of the following roles does Gabriella play?
Short Essay Questions
1. What finally prompts the Workman ancestors to flee institutional confinement?
2. How does Charlie convince her father to let her go out to attend Kyle’s show?
3. For what reasons does Austin note a student enters River Valley as a high schooler?
4. What reason does February give for injuring herself in school?
5. What feeling about Austin does Charlie acknowledge after her first encounter with Gabriella?
6. While waiting in the hospital for the birth of his sister, what does Austin note is “the problem with everything these days” (94)?
7. Why does Charlie note having been disinterested in politics in school?
8. What is the utopian vision February’s students describe in her class?
9. What event causes Charlie to be assigned to drama club activities?
10. For what reason does Charlie note being glad to leave her old school behind in the wake of her custody hearing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What character is the protagonist of True Biz? How does the novel support such an assertion? Why does it matter that the protagonist is who it is?
Essay Topic 2
Amid February’s musings early in the novel is a linguistic concept described as “the ‘critical window,’ within which a child had to gain fluency in at least one language, any language, or risk permanent cognitive damage. Once the window shut, learning anything became difficult, even impossible—without a language, how does one think, or even feel?” (17). Does the concept bear out in the novel and in experience? How so, or how not?
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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