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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which teacher conducts the Presidential Physical Fitness Award tests?
(a) Mr. Potts.
(b) Mrs. Sinklemann.
(c) Mrs. Lufton.
(d) Miss Garcia.

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) Ginny.
(b) Laura.
(c) Ashley.
(d) Sarah.

3. What does Cece NOT list as one of Martha's positive qualities?
(a) She has total recall of most television shows.
(b) She is younger than Cece.
(c) She is loyal and true.
(d) She can make Cece laugh.

4. Just before she decides that she needs a sidekick, Cece remarks that somehow for her, being alone is always what?
(a) Less painful.
(b) Easier.
(c) More fun.
(d) Boring.

5. For how many seconds does Cece hold her flexed-arm hang?
(a) 112.
(b) 45.
(c) 64.
(d) 23.

6. How long does the Phonic Ear company say it will take to fix Cece's microphone?
(a) Two to four weeks.
(b) One to two weeks.
(c) Three to five weeks.
(d) Four to six weeks.

7. When Cece remarks that her glasses make everything easier, what does she then decide to do from then on?
(a) Call upon El Deafo in times of need.
(b) Study hard.
(c) Send the eye doctor a thank you note.
(d) Wear her glasses every day.

8. Once Mr. Potts breaks Cece's microphone, what grades does she imagine earning on her next report card?
(a) NS grades and NC grades.
(b) C grades and D grades.
(c) F grades and NS grades.
(d) F grades and D grades.

9. What happens just before Mrs. Potts drops the microphone to the Phonic Ear on the ground?
(a) He gets the microphone tangled in his spiral notebook.
(b) He gets the microphone tangled in his beard.
(c) He gets the microphone tangled in his violin strings.
(d) He gets the microphone tangled.

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

11. Whom does Cece's mother call when Cece shows her the broken microphone?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The insurance adjuster.
(c) The audiologist.
(d) The Phonic Ear company.

12. For what reason can Cece not understand Martha when Martha is asking Cece what she would like from Long John Silver's?
(a) Martha is eating a popsicle.
(b) Martha is in a different room.
(c) The television is on at the same time Martha is speaking.
(d) Martha is speaking too quietly.

13. What realization does Cece come to about Mike on the morning of the first day of being in the same class with him?
(a) She realizes that he is not as handsome as she had thought.
(b) She realizes that he has never seen her Phonic Ear.
(c) She realizes that he does not know that she has a hearing impairment.
(d) She realizes that he likes her back.

14. What happens to Cece's present from her father when she shows it to the kids at the bus stop?
(a) Johnnie breaks it.
(b) Cece breaks it.
(c) Mike breaks it.
(d) Martha breaks it.

15. When Mike asks Cece to go to his house after school one day, what does he say about the reason?
(a) He says that he wants to show Cece a new trick on the trampoline.
(b) He says he wants them to have their first kiss.
(c) He says his mother has an idea.
(d) He says he wants to try something.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cece respond when Mike tells her that her curly pencil was cool and that he does not know why its destroyer had taken that action?

2. What is Cece trying to ask Ginny when Mrs. Sinklemann thinks Cece is trying to cheat on the test?

3. In the visual depiction of the physical education teacher's treatment of the athletic kids, what is he shown to be doing?

4. El Deafo tells Cece that Cece does not need superpowers in order to take what action?

5. What reaction does Cece expect from Martha when she goes over to show Martha her eye patch?

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