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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. Which of the following foods does Mel retrieve while attending at February’s mother’s deathbed?
2. With which of the following does the twenty-ninth chapter of the novel begin?
3. With which of the following does the twenty-eighth chapter of the novel begin?
4. Which of the following is noted as among Colson’s core businesses?
5. To which of the following does Charlie compare her head?
Short Essay Questions
1. What curricular reforms does Kayla purpose to enact?
2. How does Austin’s mother describe hearing culture (211)?
3. How does Austin prepare himself to invite Charlie to his grandparents’ New Year’s Eve party?
4. How does Gabriella shame Austin at the pizza excursion?
5. What does Charlie note most liking about her grandmother’s visits?
6. How does Charlie describe her social standing at her old school?
7. How does Austin’s mother demonstrate her displeasure at the scheduling of Skylar’s appointment?
8. To what does Charlie compare her mother unboxing her new cochlear implant equipment (202)?
9. What does Charlie note as the question she most hates being asked?
10. What habit are Charlie and her mother shocked to realize they share?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Overall, what is the most important theme of True Biz? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?
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
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?
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