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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-second chapter of the novel begin?
2. What color shoe does Charlie’s grandmother wear?
3. With which of the following does the twenty-eighth chapter of the novel begin?
4. With which of the following does the forty-ninth chapter of the novel begin?
5. With which of the following does the forty-first chapter of the novel begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does February regard her mother’s condition as a cruelty?
2. How does Gabriella shame Austin at the pizza excursion?
3. Why does February attempt to insert herself into the conversation between one of her faculty and Austin’s mother?
4. For what reason is the kind of cochlear implant Charlie has recalled?
5. How is Deaf Standard Time defined in the novel?
6. How does Charlie deflect her mother’s suspicion after her burglary?
7. Of what kind of joke does Charlie note she is happy to be the butt, and why?
8. How does Austin’s grandfather describe the hearing aids he had once been obliged to wear?
9. What does Austin offer Charlie that she had not previously found attractive?
10. How does Wanda’s visit while February grieves comfort the latter?
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
In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does True Biz bear as much out?
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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