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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 thirty-ninth chapter of the novel begin?

2. Which of the following is listed as a nineteenth century “cure” for deafness?

3. Which of the following sports does Charlie’s mother’s love watching on Christmas?

4. Which of the following does Charlie vomit?

5. With which of the following does the thirty-seventh chapter of the novel begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What constant in school nursing does Charlie note?

2. How does Austin’s mother describe hearing culture (211)?

3. As she accosts Austin after the birth of his sister, Gabriella points out an instance of irony. What is it?

4. How does Charlie describe her social standing at her old school?

5. Why does Kayla work to go viral online?

6. What curricular reforms does Kayla purpose to enact?

7. How does Wanda’s visit while February grieves comfort the latter?

8. How does Austin’s grandfather describe the hearing aids he had once been obliged to wear?

9. Why does Charlie note to Austin that she turns off her cochlear implant at the club where Slash’s band plays?

10. Why does February regard her mother’s condition as a cruelty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that True Biz should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level do you believe it is most appropriate for? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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