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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. Whom of the following downloads useful apps onto Charlie’s phone for her?
2. With which of the following does the thirty-first chapter of the novel begin?
3. Which of the following does Charlie vomit?
4. With which of the following does the thirty-third chapter of the novel begin?
5. With which of the following does the forty-fourth chapter of the novel begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does February attempt to insert herself into the conversation between one of her faculty and Austin’s mother?
2. How does Gabriella shame Austin at the pizza excursion?
3. What constant in school nursing does Charlie note?
4. What does Austin offer Charlie that she had not previously found attractive?
5. What reasons are given for setting off fireworks in the parked car on New Year’s Eve?
6. How does Charlie deflect her mother’s suspicion after her burglary?
7. To what does Charlie compare her mother unboxing her new cochlear implant equipment (202)?
8. Why do February’s mother and Mel’s father express appreciation for stuffing?
9. How does Austin’s grandfather describe the hearing aids he had once been obliged to wear?
10. How does Charlie describe her social standing at her old school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the novel define what a culture is?
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
The town in which the novel is set is presented as being in Ohio, near West Virginia and just inside the border between Ohio and Kentucky.
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