9/13 - "I Exist"

According to the reading, what is the main goal of Olive's videos on TikTok?

• To inspire
• To educate
• To promote
• To entertain

According to the reading, what percentage of the population is constituted by people living with disabilities?

• 15%
• 25%
• 10%
• 20%

Which answer choice provides an accurate and objective summary of the article?

• A University of Southern California study showed that more than 50 million people in the United States are living with disabilities. Their experiences are dramatically represented as part of a new trend on TikTok where content creators tell their stories and use special hashtags.

• Faced with a lack of representation in most famous forms of media, Laiken Olive and other members of the disability community are turning to social media platforms such as TikTok. Olive uses videos to raise awareness of issues facing people with disabilities and to normalize their experiences.

• Films and television shows rarely feature characters who are living with disabilities -- and when they do, the characters are portrayed by actors who do not have disabilities. Jenni Gold and other people with disabilities are working to bring attention to this misrepresentation.

• Laiken Olive's TikTok videos are educating people who are ignorant or uninformed about limb differences and issues facing the disability community. Olive is shocked at some hurtful comments but is pleased to know their powerful work is raising awareness.

Why does Olive use TikTok as a platform?

• To educate the public about limb differences
• To promote their favorite video games
• To showcase their punk rock style
• To connect with Hollywood celebrities

What social media platform does Olive use to educate people about disability and limb differences?

• TikTok
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram

Which of these sentences from the article BEST develops a central idea of the article?

• Olive has long explored limb differences through art, from making sculptures of arms to writing a screenplay about "finding the limb-different community" - all with the hope of normalizing something that is, well, normal.

• Even more recently, Dwayne Johnson played an action-hero amputee in 2018's "Skyscraper" and Bryan Cranston was a wealthy quadriplegic in 2017's "The Upside."

• "There's been a severe lack in limb different and disabled representation in the media for a long time," Olive said.

• Olive regularly posts TikTok showing them using the arm in various ways, everything from weightlifting to goofily caressing their boyfriend's face.

What is one way Olive uses their bionic arm?

• Writing poetry
• Playing video games
• Weightlifting
• Cooking meals

What is the name of the documentary about disability in Hollywood mentioned in the reading?

• CinemAbility
• Breaking Barriers
• Disability in Hollywood
• The Representation Gap

Read the final four paragraphs of the article.

What is the MOST likely reason the author chose to conclude the article with these paragraphs?

• to illustrate the negative aspects of creating content in a toxic social media environment

• to highlight how bionic replacement limbs appeal to the people who watch Laiken Olive's TikTok videos.

• to describe Laiken Olive's response to those who watch her videos and to suggest the work of educating people continues

• to suggest that TikTok and other social media platforms are solving the problem of misrepresentation in mass media

Why does Olive feel it is important to have representation in the media?

• To showcase their punk rock style
• To make money
• To become famous
• To educate others about limb differences