Reading Comprehension

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1. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sailed to London because:
a. he needed to finish his studies to become a minister
b. it was the easiest way to get to France
c. he wanted to study their system of deaf education
d. he wanted to marry Alice Cogswell

2. From the information in this passage we can assume that:
a. Laurent Clerc was an intelligent man.
b. Clerc had difficulties learning language.
c. Clerc married Eliza in order to get his Green Card.
d. Clerc was paid well because he made such important contributions to society.

3. On their trip from Paris to America, Clerc and Gallaudet
a. played cards and socialized.
b. studied and discussed their plans for a deaf school.
c. founded a school for the deaf.
d. Gallaudet studied English and Clerc studied Sign Language.

4. Clerc did things in this order:
a. met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married, went to school in Paris.
b. met Gallaudet, went to school in Paris, moved to America, got married.
c. went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married.
d. got married, went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America.

5. The main idea of this passage could best be stated as:
a. Clerc managed his time well, and was able to teach a lot of information in a short period of time.
b. Thomas Gallaudet was indebted to Clerc for all that he taught him.
c. Clerc preferred teaching deaf students to hearing students.
d. Clerc, an educated Frenchman, had a great impact on American Deaf Education.

6. "After he graduated, the school [in Paris] asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher." From this sentence we can assume that:
a. the school thought that his learning disabilities would make it hard for him to work outside the school.
b. the school was impressed with him, and thought he would do a good job teaching other students.
c. the school wanted him to be prepared to teach Americans how to sign.
d. the school wanted other deaf students to have deaf role models.