Historically, adventure stories were viewed as primarily appealing to boys while girls read family stories. Thankfully, this has changed somewhat because of
a. the growth of female protagonists in adventure and survival stories.
b. the increasing tendency of young adults, reluctant readers as well as better readers, to read material they find dull and unbelievable.
c. girls have realized that many family stories were totally unlike their families—the problems and relationships differed dramatically.
d. boys have increasingly become avid readers of family books in search of positive two-parent relationships.
a
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The families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing do not play much of a role in the development of their communication skills because they rarely know ASL
a. True b. False
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