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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Orin compliment Sarah on when they are reminiscing about their past together?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) Her signing.
(c) Her speech.
(d) Her marriage.

2. When Sarah sees people _____________, she can feel even more from the music.
(a) Talking.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Fighting.

3. Orin taunts Sarah for turning her back on the _____________.
(a) Students.
(b) Deaf community.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Men in her class.

4. James makes the joke, "Hey, either I've just become _________ or it's suddenly quiet in here."
(a) Deaf.
(b) Dead.
(c) Like Orin.
(d) Calm.

5. Who has decided to try to teach Sarah how to play the card game being played?
(a) Orin.
(b) James.
(c) Mr. Franklin.
(d) Mrs. Norman.

6. James points out it is one of his rights to feel ____________ for his wife even if she's being a hard ass.
(a) Worry.
(b) Concern.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Love.

7. James asks Sarah whether she's afraid that having fun in the hearing world means she will have her angry deaf person's _________ revoked.
(a) Attitude.
(b) License.
(c) Permission.
(d) Reputation.

8. James stops the argument between Orin and Sarah, saying he has been cast in the role of Sarah's __________.
(a) Bodyguard.
(b) Friend.
(c) Husband.
(d) Mentor.

9. What does James decide to listen to in order to calm his nerves after the phone call?
(a) Bach.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Brahms.
(d) Pachabel.

10. What does Mr. Franklin warn James not to do during the card game so that he and Sarah don't cheat?
(a) Touch each other.
(b) Make eye contact.
(c) Smile.
(d) Give clues.

11. Sarah thinks James wants her to be a deaf person so he can change her into a ___________ person.
(a) Hearing.
(b) Loud.
(c) Normal.
(d) Quiet.

12. Sarah reveals that the entire conversation between her, Klein, Orin, and James made her feel she was being treated like __________.
(a) A deaf person.
(b) A leper.
(c) An idiot.
(d) An invalid.

13. What does Sarah want to show Orin when she goes into the kitchen with him?
(a) The TV.
(b) A machine that does 11 things.
(c) The oven.
(d) The phone.

14. What else is sounding in the house which is only heard by James as the others are deaf or hearing impaired?
(a) Radio.
(b) Microwave.
(c) Alarm.
(d) Oven buzzer.

15. What kind of game is being played at the party which opens the second act of the play?
(a) Poker.
(b) Rummy.
(c) Blackjack.
(d) Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James complement Orin on when he comes over for dinner one night.

2. Who is the phone call for, the one that rings when no one but James can hear it?

3. What does Franklin say he thinks just blew up in his ear?

4. Sarah notes that while James can not explain music to her, she still ____________ it.

5. What is different about the way the person is watching the television at James and Sarah's house?

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