1. What is American Sign Language (ASL)? (choose two answers)

a code similar to Braille
a shortened form of English
a language incorporating a lot of mime
a language capable of expressing any abstract idea
a language using picture-like images to express ideas and concepts
a language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning

2. Historically, ASL is related to:

British Sign Language
Swedish Sign Language
French Sign Language
German Sign Language

3. ASL is used by most deaf People in which of the following countries?

Canada
United States
Mexico
England

4. What percent of Deaf people have Deaf parents?

10%
25%
50%
75%
90%

5. ASL and Deaf Culture are transmitted to Deaf people from generation to generation primarily through:
   family
   Deaf adults in the community
   residential schools for the Deaf
   Sign Language teachers
   

6. The role of facial expressions, head movements and eye gaze in ASL is primarily:

grammatical
stylistic
emotive
attention getting

7. While watching a person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's:

hands
chest area
face

8. Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways? (choose all that apply)

interchangeably with any sign
to specify brand names
as an artistic form of signing
to give names of people and places

9. ASL makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to: (choose all that apply)

indicate sentence types
convey distance
contrast two people, places, things or ideas
express time concepts

10. To get the attention of a Deaf people who is looking the other way, you should:

yell as loud as you can
tap him/her on the shoulder
wave in his/her face
go around and stand in front of the person

11. If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should:

wait until they stop talking before you pass through
bend down very low in order to avoid passing through their signing space
go ahead and walk through
find another path

12. Which of the following is considered rude by Deaf people: (choose two answers)

touching a person to get attentin
looking at a signed conversation without indicating you know Sign Language
describing a distinctive feature of a person to identify him/her
talking without signing in the presence of Deaf people

13. In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is:

speech and lipreading
using Sign Language
writing back and forth
using interpreters

14. Which of the following are values in the Deaf community? (choose all that apply)

for Deaf people to govern their own affairs
being kept informed about the community and its members
restoration of hearing loss
group cohesiveness
individualism

15. Other than the word "deaf," a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are:

deaf and dumb
deaf mutes
hearing impaired
all of the above
none of the above

16. Historically, Deaf people have faced discrimination in the following areas: (choose all that apply)

job hiring and promotion
obtaining a driver's license without restrictions
getting fair insurance rates
getting decent housing
obtaining access to public services, information and entertainment

17. Some issues that the National Association of the Deaf has fought for are: (choose all that apply)

using Sign Language in the classroom
maintaining a high proportion of Deaf teachers at the elementary and secondary levels
the right of Deaf people to adopt children
giving double tax exemption to Deaf people

18. What was the purpose of the protest rally at Gallaudet University in March 1988?

to improve interpreting services
to give priority to Sign Language research
to assure that Deaf people be placed in top level decistion-making positions
to mainstream more hearing students at the University

Note: The answers to the test are not up on the site yet. We will be discussing this in future classes, and the answers will be posted later.