Children of a Lesser God Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sarah

Marlee's character is a 25-year-old Deaf woman. In this movie, Marlee Matlin is really only about 20-years-old.

Answer: Yes

She has only one speaking line, in the scene where William's character is yelling at her to speak if she loves him. She says that she is not afraid. Though you can tell some of what she is saying, with her shouting it's a little difficult to fully understand.

Answer: Speech Therapist

He has six students total in his class - 4 who already know speech, and 2 who don't. He says, at the beginning of his first class, that his signing is 'rusty'. He was right!

Answer: Janitor

Her character, Sarah, was educated late and never went to college. She had remained at her school after graduation, and became a 'cleaning lady' as she said. She actually preferred that kind of work.

Answer: Sarah

She had supposedly learned out of a book, but ended up coming away with everyone's money!

Answer: Sign to each other

He wouldn't let Sarah and James sit beside each other because they would cheat together.

Answer: Mark Medoff

Mark Medoff wrote the original Tony-Award winning play. When the play was going to be turned into a movie, Marlee was chosen after a nation-wide search.

Answer: False

This was Marlee's first ever movie, on screen. She had been acting since a summer camp visit when she was younger.

Answer: Her nose

When James and Sarah are at the restaurant, she wants to dance. She then tells James that she can feel vibrations through her nose.

Answer: False

Marlee wasn't born deaf, but lost her hearing at a very young age. She learned how to sign, speak and lip-read. She now has her own production company. She is also affiliated with many charities and has a published book.