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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Mike ask Cece when she is paying attention to El Deafo instead of him?
(a) If she likes him.
(b) If she is okay.
(c) If she wants some ice cream.
(d) If she wants to come over to his house.

2. 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) Ginny.
(b) Mike.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Martha.

3. When Cece earns all A grades and S grades on her report card, in what subject is the one exception?
(a) Physical education.
(b) Art.
(c) Math.
(d) Music.

4. How much time passes between the time Cece's microphone breaks and when her Phonic Ear is returned to her in a fixed condition?
(a) Six weeks and four days.
(b) Four weeks and three days.
(c) Three weeks and four days.
(d) Two weeks and six days.

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 thinks she is to blame for Cece's injury.
(b) That Martha is afraid Cece will be both deaf and blind now.
(c) That Martha is angry with Cece.
(d) That Martha does not want to be friends with Cece anymore.

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

7. What object does Cece imagine El Deafo using to lure her crush into her "loving arms" (138)?
(a) The pink laces on her tennis shoes.
(b) Her horse-shaped belt buckle.
(c) The rosette on her undershirt.
(d) Her neon nail polish.

8. What happens the first time Martha speaks to Mike?
(a) Mike offers to let her use his trampoline.
(b) Mike asks her on a date.
(c) Mike turns his back on her and walks away.
(d) Mike tells her to leave him alone.

9. What is Cece trying to ask Ginny when Mrs. Sinklemann thinks Cece is trying to cheat on the test?
(a) She is trying to ask Ginny what she should do if she has to go to the bathroom.
(b) She is trying to ask Ginny the answer to number four.
(c) She is trying to ask Ginny how much time they have left.
(d) She is trying to ask Ginny what the first word on the board is.

10. 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?
(a) She thanks him.
(b) She asks him to jump on the trampoline with her.
(c) She turns away while he is still speaking.
(d) She says nothing.

11. Who helps push Cece to tell Mike about her Phonic Ear powers?
(a) Cece's mother.
(b) Martha.
(c) El Deafo.
(d) Mrs. Sinklemann.

12. Cece decides that instead of telling anyone about her crush, she will perform what action?
(a) She will write her crush a letter.
(b) She will secretly spy on her crush.
(c) She will pray for her crush to like her back.
(d) She will smile at her crush every time she sees him.

13. What is Cece's reward for her performance during the flexed-arm hang?
(a) An S grade.
(b) An A grade.
(c) A Presidential Award medal.
(d) A stuffed unicorn.

14. 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.

15. El Deafo tells Cece that Cece does not need superpowers in order to take what action?
(a) To sing.
(b) To cry.
(c) To speak.
(d) To laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cece's response when the girl across the street invites her to help make "dirt soup" (121)?

2. For how many seconds does Ginny hold her flexed-arm hang?

3. Who forces Johnnie to apologize to Cece?

4. What consequence does Mrs. Sinklemann say she will be providing in response to Cece's cheating behavior?

5. What is NOT a quality for which Cece and Mike are chosen to play bookends in the sixth graders' presentation?

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