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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many seconds does Ginny hold her flexed-arm hang?
(a) 45.
(b) 23.
(c) 64.
(d) 12.

2. When Cece's mother is on the phone with the person Cece delightedly thinks is Martha, with whom is her mother actually speaking?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ashley.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ginny.

3. Though Cece says that during the summer she sometimes jumps on the trampoline by herself, she says that she usually jumps with which character?
(a) Mike.
(b) Martha.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Ginny.

4. Cece calls the floor of what room "the Hardest Surface in the Known Universe" (171)?
(a) The gym.
(b) The nurse's office.
(c) The science lab.
(d) The cafeteria.

5. When Cece is still recovering from Martha's reaction to Cece's eye patch, what does Martha's mother tell Cece?
(a) That Martha does not want to be friends with Cece anymore.
(b) That Martha is afraid Cece will be both deaf and blind now.
(c) That Martha thinks she is to blame for Cece's injury.
(d) That Martha is angry with Cece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a way that Cece tries to get in contact with Martha after her eye injury?

2. For what reason can Cece not understand Martha when Martha is asking Cece what she would like from Long John Silver's?

3. Who helps push Cece to tell Mike about her Phonic Ear powers?

4. How long does the Phonic Ear company say it will take to fix Cece's microphone?

5. Once Mr. Potts breaks Cece's microphone, what grades does she imagine earning on her next report card?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bell characterize El Deafo's reaction to Cece's decision to talk to Mike about her Phonic Ear?

2. What is the author's purpose for including allusions to Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons during Cece's first time visiting Martha's house?

3. What methods does Cece use in order to renew her friendship with Martha?

4. In what way does El Deafo play a role in Cece's decision to tell Mike about her Phonic Ear powers?

5. What happens to break Cece's microphone for her Phonic Ear?

6. What is ironic about Martha's reasons for breaking off her friendship with Cece?

7. How is the theme of compassion depicted within the scene when Johnnie reluctantly apologizes to Cece for breaking her curly pencil?

8. How does Cece come to be tasked with the mission of telling the class when Mrs. Sinklemann is returning to the classroom?

9. In what class is Cece's one non-satisfactory grade and how does she feel about the class?

10. For what reason does Cece begin to laugh helplessly while onstage in front of the whole school?

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