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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 stores do Charlie and her mother shop for things for school?

2. For which subject is February filling in?

3. In what building on the River Valley campus do Charlie and her father meet with February for their orientation to the school?

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

5. Which of the following does Swall eat when meeting with February?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes the Chipped Cup February’s favorite lunch spot?

4. Why does the stage crew wear headlamps?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Consider the concept of fridging, discussed by Gail Simone and others: briefly, a character is introduced, developed, and destroyed as a means of promoting character development on the part of another, more major, character in a given work. Is February’s mother an example of fridging? How does the novel demonstrate that she is or is not?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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