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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 fifty-first chapter of the novel begin?
2. Which of the following foods does Mel retrieve while attending at February’s mother’s deathbed?
3. Which of the following shows does a grieving February watch?
4. In what year does Skinner found the School for Colored Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Children?
5. From which of the following does Austin contrast himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Wanda think of her brother upon learning of the imminent closure of her school?
2. How does Charlie deflect her mother’s suspicion after her burglary?
3. How does Austin’s mother demonstrate her displeasure at the scheduling of Skylar’s appointment?
4. Why does Kayla work to go viral online?
5. Of what kind of joke does Charlie note she is happy to be the butt, and why?
6. What does Charlie note most liking about her grandmother’s visits?
7. Why does Charlie note to Austin that she turns off her cochlear implant at the club where Slash’s band plays?
8. To what does Charlie compare her mother unboxing her new cochlear implant equipment (202)?
9. As she accosts Austin after the birth of his sister, Gabriella points out an instance of irony. What is it?
10. What reasons are given for setting off fireworks in the parked car on New Year’s Eve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A comment is made in the novel that children of Deaf adults—CODAs—“still counted as ‘big D’ Deaf” (116). What, per the novel, defines “‘big D’ Deaf,” what in the text supports that definition, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
How does the novel define what a culture is?
Essay Topic 3
On average, the chapters in the novel, as well as front and back matter, are between five and six pages in length. What effect on the reader does the relative brevity of chapters have, and how is that effect achieved?
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