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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lou Ann always wear that color on Christmas?
(a) It brought out her eyes.
(b) It brought out her skin tone,
(c) It brought out her hair.
(d) It brought out her face.

2. What phrase did Lou Ann use to describe the communication issues that arose with the deaf?
(a) Vanilla Fire.
(b) Fires of Vanilla.
(c) Fires of Chocolate.
(d) Chocolate Fire.

3. Who was Lou Ann trying to write an article for?
(a) Time.
(b) Esquire.
(c) People.
(d) New Yorker.

4. What did Lou Ann say that nature placed a high importance on?
(a) Normalcy.
(b) Not being handicapped.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Hearing.

5. What did Lou Ann attempt to have her mom tutor her in?
(a) Writing.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) Spelling.

6. How did the kid that Lou Ann interpreted for act?
(a) Angry.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Mean.

7. What was Uncle Garnel's wife always asking Lou Ann to teach her?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Scrapbooking.
(c) Writing.
(d) Crochet.

8. What was Lou Ann's mom president of?
(a) Friends of the Library.
(b) Women's Deaf Orginization.
(c) Women's Auxiliary.
(d) PTA.

9. What day of the week did Lou Ann's dad get paid on?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

10. Who did Lou Ann feel sorry for in regards to her parents deafness?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her sisters.
(d) Them.

11. When did Lou Ann make her first phone call home from college?
(a) At Christmas.
(b) During midterms.
(c) At Thanksgiving.
(d) At Halloween.

12. What was the most important thing Lou Ann bought to take to college?
(a) Typewriter
(b) Car.
(c) Thesaurus.
(d) Dictionary.

13. Who did Lou Ann feel was the most effective deaf rights activist she'd ever seen?
(a) Jose Acevedo.
(b) Andre Acevedo.
(c) Pedro Acevedo.
(d) Juan Acevedo.

14. Where was the person that told Lou Ann about the deaf street gang from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Spain.
(d) Brazil.

15. Whose children in her neighborhood did Lou Ann babysit for when she was a teenager?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The banker.
(c) The grocer.
(d) The lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Lou Ann take after quitting the magazine and interpreting?

2. Where did the people that Lou Ann spent two weeks with every summer live?

3. How old was the kid that Lou Ann interpreted for in court?

4. Who was Lou Ann's roommate in New York?

5. What was one of the main functions of the deaf fraternity that Lou Ann's parents were members of?

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