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Asl Quiz Chapters 7-11

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these sign(s) use the "a" handshape?

a)

Not

b)

Far

c)

Put

d)

With

2.

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

a)

Grammar

b)

Spelling

c)

Some signs

3.

American sign language comes from what other version of sign language?

a)

French sign Language (FSL)

b)

British Sign Language (BSL)

c)

Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

4.

Which place(s) is ASL used the most?

a)

North America

b)

Mexico

c)

Southeast Asia

d)

Greenland

e)

West Africa

5.

Which of these signs use a "X" hand

a)

Recently

b)

Know

c)

Can't

d)

Need

e)

Want

6.

What year was French sign language introduced to America?

a)

1817

b)

1922

c)

1885

d)

1868

7.

Your name sign is typically given to you by:

a)

Anyone that knows sign language

b)

Your parents, or siblings

c)

A deaf person, the deaf community, or someone deeply involved with the deaf community

d)

Anyone

8.

what percent of deaf people who marry are married to other deaf people?

a)

70%

b)

90%

c)

80%

d)

50%

9.

Deaf children usually learn sign from each other

a)

False

b)

True

10.

Which hand do you use for words signed with one hand?

a)

Dominant

b)

Non-dominant

c)

Either

11.

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

a)

Yell as loud as you can

b)

Tap him/her on the shoulder

c)

Wave in his/her face

d)

Go around and stand in front of the person

12.

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

a)

Deaf and dumb or deaf mutes

b)

Hearing impaired or hard of hearing

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

13.

What are "Home Signs"?

a)

Signs about home and the house

b)

Gestures used by hearing family members that do not know ASL

14.
a)
Neice
b)
Nephew
c)
Husband
d)
Wife
15.

Which hand do you use to show ranking when listing and ordering?

a)

Dominant

b)

Non-dominant

16.

What handshape is used to show possessive adjectives?

a)

Index finger

b)

Open B

c)

Ten handshape

d)

Three (3) handshape

17.

What is this sign?

a)

Wedding

b)

Divorce

c)

Separate

d)

Date

18.

What percentage of Deaf people have Deaf parents?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

50%

d)

30%

19.

What percentage of Deaf people have hearing parents?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

20%

d)

80%

20.
a)
US
b)
Africa
c)
America
d)
Alaska
21.
a)
Chicago
b)
Why
c)
California
d)
Washington
22.
a)
Illionis
b)
Chicago
c)
Texas
d)
Iowa
23.
a)
Alaska
b)
Hawaii
c)
Alberta
d)
Philadelphia
24.
a)
Montana
b)
New York
c)
America
d)
San Francisco
25.
a)
Philadelphia
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Chicago
d)
Texas
26.
a)
Uncle
b)
Aunt
c)
Nephew
d)
Niece
27.
What year was the first Deaf school in America established?
a)
1816
b)
1817
c)
1819
d)
1880
28.

What is the following sign?

a)

Afraid

b)

Nervous

c)

Clothes

d)

Happy

29.

What is the following sign?

a)

Beautiful

b)

To moisturize

c)

To wipe your face

d)

To clear your head

e)

Pretty

30.

What is the following sign?

a)

Sleep

b)

Bedroom

c)

Pray

31.

What is the following sign?

a)

Doctor

b)

Nurse

c)

Hospital

d)

Pulse

32.

What is the following sign?

a)

Half

b)

1

c)

2

d)

12

33.

What is the following sign?

a)

Marry

b)

To smash like a bug

c)

To clap

d)

Catch

34.

What is the following sign?

a)

Right

b)

Ready

c)

Red

d)

Return

35.

What is the following sign?

a)

Date

b)

Delete

c)

Dorm

d)

Divorce

36.

What is the following sign?

a)

Weak

b)

Stand

c)

Strong

d)

Over

37.

Deaf schools in America ...

a)

Have dorms for students to stay in throughout the week

b)

Are state and federally funded

c)

Are in almost every state in America

d)

All of the above

38.

Questions which ask for information ("wh") are signed with

a)

Eyebrows squeezed together

b)

Eyebrows raised

c)

Enthusiasm

d)

Raised voice

39.

Questions which ask for a "yes" or "no" answer are signed with:

a)

Eyebrows squeezed together

b)

Eyebrows raised

c)

Enthusiasm

d)

Raised Voice

40.

what is this sign?

a)

All day

b)

All night

c)

Morning

d)

Night

41.

What sign is this?

a)

Angry

b)

Upset

c)

Enjoy

d)

Scratch

42.

How are gender signs categorized?

a)

Masculine from nose up, feminine from nose down

b)

Feminine from nose up, masculine from nose down

c)

Masculine on nose, feminine on chin

d)

All of the above

43.
Who was the first Deaf teacher of the Deaf in America?
a)
Laurent Clerc
b)
Thomas Gallaudet
c)
Mason Cogswell
d)
Grace Coolidge
44.
Where do most ASL teachers work?
a)
High School
b)
University
45.

What does this sign mean?

a)

Deaf

b)

Home

c)

Eat

d)

Phone

e)

Dorm

46.

Help

a)
b)
c)
d)
47.

Choose the sign whose handshape is DIFFERENT.

a)

Morning

b)

Afternoon

c)

Tired

d)

Have

e)

Done

48.

Choose the sign whose handshape is DIFFERENT.

a)

Uncle

b)

Nephew

c)

Locker

d)

Name

e)

Train

49.
a)

Address

b)

Sorry

c)

Take

d)

Love

50.

What is the proper was to write/"gloss" ASL?

a)

Time, Topic, Comment

b)

Comment, Time, Topic

c)

Comment, Topic, Time

d)

Topic, Time, Comment