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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What television show do Martha and Cece first bond over?
(a) Taxi.
(b) Little House on the Prairie.
(c) Mork and Mindy.
(d) Sesame Street.

5. What object does Cece's mother bring home as a way to comfort Cece in the aftermath of the cheating incident?
(a) A cupcake.
(b) A hula-hoop.
(c) A Hostess cherry pie.
(d) A yo-yo.

6. What does Cece loathe having to do each first day back to school?
(a) Having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
(b) Having to choose something cute to wear.
(c) Having to dress so that she can hide the Phonic Ear.
(d) Having to walk past everyone in the class to give her new teacher the Phonic Ear microphone.

7. What is Cece's response when the girl across the street invites her to help make "dirt soup" (121)?
(a) Cece says she does not want to get dirty.
(b) Cece says the girl is immature.
(c) Cece agrees.
(d) Cece adamantly refuses, but does not provide a reason.

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

9. What adjective does Cece use to describe the way she feels without her Phonic Ear while it is in the shop for repairs?
(a) Naked.
(b) Clumsy.
(c) Light.
(d) Dumb.

10. What adjective does Cece use to describe Mrs. Sinklemann's status as a teacher?
(a) Strict.
(b) Rude.
(c) Awesome.
(d) Fun.

11. What is Mike's reaction when Cece tells him about her Phonic Ear powers?
(a) He says that he is going to tell Mrs. Sinklemann.
(b) He says that Cece should not listen to Mrs. Sinklemann when she is outside the classroom.
(c) He says that Cece's Phonic Ear is cool and it gives her superpowers.
(d) He says that Cece should let him try the Phonic Ear.

12. In the visual depiction of the physical education teacher's treatment of the only other group in the school besides the athletic kids, what is he shown to be doing?
(a) Setting fire to the other group.
(b) Stepping on the other group.
(c) Tossing the other group into the air.
(d) Using the other group as cushions on the couch in his office.

13. 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 the answer to number four.
(b) She is trying to ask Ginny what the first word on the board is.
(c) She is trying to ask Ginny what she should do if she has to go to the bathroom.
(d) She is trying to ask Ginny how much time they have left.

14. What adjective does the destroyer of Cece's present from her father use to describe the present?
(a) Fun.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Stupid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha actually do when Cece goes over to show Martha her eye patch?

2. When Martha and Cece decide to play tag one day, on what object does Cece snag and injure her eye?

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

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?

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

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