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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. To which of the following does Charlie compare her mother?

2. From which of the following does Austin contrast himself?

3. Which of the following games does February’s mother report playing?

4. Which of the following does Charlie vomit?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie note most liking about her grandmother’s visits?

2. What does Austin offer Charlie that she had not previously found attractive?

3. What does Charlie note as the question she most hates being asked?

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

5. For what reason is the kind of cochlear implant Charlie has recalled?

6. To what does Charlie compare her mother unboxing her new cochlear implant equipment (202)?

7. Of what kind of joke does Charlie note she is happy to be the butt, and why?

8. How does Gabriella shame Austin at the pizza excursion?

9. What does Wanda note is the end-game against the Deaf?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than young adult literature might True Biz be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What character is the protagonist of True Biz? How does the novel support such an assertion? Why does it matter that the protagonist is who it is?

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