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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following magazines does Austin note in the hospital while he waits for his sister’s birth?
(a) Highlights.
(b) Muse.
(c) National Geographic World.
(d) Ranger Rick.

2. At which of the following clubs does Kyle play?
(a) The Rotten Egg.
(b) The Gas Can.
(c) Giddy Ups.
(d) The Shop.

3. In which grade are the students who flush their hearing aids down the toilet?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Seventh.

4. With which of the following does the first chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “February Waters was nine years old…”
(b) “After the Serrano meeting…”
(c) “The summer before her sophomore year…”
(d) “Charlie and her father were late to their first ASL class.”

5. Which of the following had a production facility in Colson?
(a) Siemens.
(b) GE.
(c) 3M.
(d) Texas Instruments.

6. With which of the following does the fifth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Though it always arrived before she was ready, February relished the first day of school.”
(b) “For Austin Workman-Bayard, Deafness was a family heirloom.”
(c) “Charlie was aware from a tender age that she was not the daughter her mother wanted.”
(d) “February had been born on the edge of East Colson…”

7. With which of the following does the sixteenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “Austin spent the weekend at home vacillating…”
(b) “February was crossing the quad after a meeting with the secondary school teachers when she came upon her semester’s great mystery…”
(c) “A month and a half in, Charlie had hit a wall…”
(d) “2:34 A.M.”

8. At which of the following hardware stores does February shop?
(a) Holden's.
(b) Lowe's.
(c) Menard's.
(d) Ace.

9. What kind of frozen yogurt do Charlie and her mother get together?
(a) Pistachio crunch.
(b) Orange swirl.
(c) Chocolate swirl.
(d) Strawberry cream.

10. In what city is the care facility into which February places her mother?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Lexington.
(c) Dayton.
(d) Cincinnati.

11. With which of the following does the tenth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “The morning of the first day of school…”
(b) “It was one of those nights she could tell they were going to argue…”
(c) “Both of Austin’s parents came to drop-off…”
(d) “If there had been such a thing as homecoming…”

12. Which of the following magazines does Austin note in the hospital while he waits for his sister’s birth?
(a) Health Today.
(b) Today’s Digest.
(c) Women’s Health.
(d) Men’s Health.

13. What is the name of Austin’s grandmother?
(a) May.
(b) Lorna.
(c) Dee.
(d) Nyarinda.

14. With which of the following does the twenty-third chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “As the weeks passed, Austin found himself uncharacteristically apprehensive…”
(b) “February had repressed her anxiety.”
(c) “As payback for her truancy, Charlie had received a red-faced diatribe from her father…”
(d) “Backstage was cavernous…”

15. With which of the following does the twelfth chapter of the novel begin?
(a) “If there had been such a thing as homecoming…”
(b) “Things were touch and go in the weeks after the Wandapocalypse…”
(c) “It was one of those nights she could tell they were going to argue…”
(d) “February Waters was nine years old…”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of Charlie’s father?

2. Which of the following classes does Sybeck teach?

3. What school does Charlie attend before her enrollment in a school for the Deaf?

4. With which of the following does the fifteenth chapter of the novel begin?

5. With which of the following does the twenty-fourth chapter of the novel begin?

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