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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many weeks after third grade starts does Ginny arrive in Cece's class?
(a) A few.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

2. What visual element does the author use to depict Cece's feelings at the start of first grade?
(a) An anvil.
(b) A bubble.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A hammer.

3. How does Cece feel when she finds she is able to hear Mrs. Lufton wherever she is in the school?
(a) She feels that she now has a super power.
(b) She is scared that she will get in trouble for not telling someone.
(c) She feels ashamed.
(d) She is happy that she can find out if Mrs. Lufton really likes her or not.

4. When the school year begins with an assembly in the gym, who does Cece avoid?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Martha.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ginny.

5. With what article of clothing is Cece obsessed throughout Chapter Two?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her bathrobe.
(c) Her jeans.
(d) Her bathing suit.

6. What is NOT an object named within Cece's visual packing list for Ginny's birthday sleepover party?
(a) Extra hearing aid batteries.
(b) Miss Bunn.
(c) Pajamas.
(d) Nail polish.

7. How long does the activity take that causes Cece to stop having fun at Ginny's birthday sleepover party?
(a) 14 minutes.
(b) 103 minutes.
(c) 67 minutes.
(d) 38 minutes.

8. What song is Cece singing within the panel at the beginning of the book depicting her love of Beatles songs?
(a) Eleanor Rigby.
(b) Glass Onion.
(c) Yellow Submarine.
(d) Strawberry Fields.

9. What is the name of Cece's school at which each of her classmates has a hearing impairment?
(a) Fisher.
(b) Boston.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Kingston.

10. To what type of house do Cece and her family move when Cece must attend a new school?
(a) A small row house in a small town.
(b) A big old house in a big city.
(c) A small row house in the big city.
(d) A big old house in a small town.

11. When Cece hears the teachers talking in the staff lounge, what is Mrs. Lufton saying?
(a) That a particular staff members is making her life hell.
(b) That her parents are making her life hell.
(c) That a particular student is making her life hell.
(d) That one of her siblings is making her life hell.

12. What illness does the doctor diagnose at the hospital?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Jaundice.
(d) Meningitis.

13. One day, Laura takes Cece along with her to a meeting of what organization after school?
(a) Girl Scouts.
(b) Boys and Girls Club.
(c) Key Club.
(d) Environmental Club.

14. For what favor does Cece ask God the night before her first day of third grade?
(a) She asks God to put her into Mrs. Ikleberry's class.
(b) She asks God to put Laura in Mrs. Blair's class.
(c) She asks God to put her and Laura in the same class at school.
(d) She asks God to put her and Laura into different classes at school.

15. To whom does Cece stay close no matter what after she returns home from the hospital?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Cece's body does the nurse keep measuring throughout her stay at the hospital?

2. When Cece first imagines her superhero alter ego, what other superhero is also depicted within her imagination?

3. What is NOT an adjective Cece uses to describe the pouch that the audiologist uses when Cece first tries her new hearing aid?

4. Cece's mother suggests that Cece take a sign language class at what location?

5. What is NOT an activity Cece describes or depicts as fun during Ginny's birthday sleepover party?

(see the answer keys)

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