from My Left Foot by Christy Brown

Christy’s mother first noticed something was wrong with him when he was unable to

• hold up his head
• crawl
• write the alphabet
• communicate

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Some people wanted to place Christy in a(n)

• special education class in public school
• institution
• foster family
• orphanage

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Christy’s breakthrough is when he writes

• a sentence explaining what he wants for breakfast
• a paragraph describing his family
• the letter A
• a book about his life story

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The author, Christy Brown, felt lonely due to his inability to

• walk
• hold his head up
• communicate
• eat independently

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Christy Brown’s doctors found his condition both interesting and

• offensive
• hopeless
• life-threatening
• encouraging

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About how old was the author, Christy Brown, when his parents began to seek medical treatment?

• three months old
• nine months old
• one year old
• two years old

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The author’s father was a

• bricklayer
• carpenter
• miner
• teacher

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How does Christy Brown surprise his family?

• He breaks a piece of chalk.
• He crosses the room in which the family is sitting.
• He takes a piece of chalk from his sister’s hand.
• He is able to write the alphabet.

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What decision did Brown's mother make about where her son, Christy, would grow up?

• She decided to raise him at home and to treat him as she would any other child.
• She followed the doctor's suggestion and sent him to live in a long term care facility with 24 hour nursing care.
• She asked some childless neighbors to adopt him and raise him as their own son.
• She decided to build a separate home for herself and her son to live in so that she could devote more time to his care and education.

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Why was Mrs. Brown's decision to raise her son at home so crucial to his future

• There is no way to know if being raised at home was beneficial or not to the young Christy Brown.
• It's uncertain that if he were in a different environment if Christy Brown would have ever learned to communicate.

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