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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Miller family moves into the neighborhood, how many kids live in the house?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. 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.

3. Who forces Johnnie to apologize to Cece?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mrs. Sinklemann.
(c) Cece's mother.
(d) Mike.

4. When Cece's mother goes to get a washcloth for Cece's eye, what does Martha say to Cece?
(a) Martha tells Cece that she is sorry for injuring Cece's eye.
(b) Martha tells Cece that she is never going to leave Cece's side.
(c) Martha tells Cece that she might lose her eye.
(d) Martha tells Cece that she has to go across the street to her home.

5. Who is Cece's physical education teacher?
(a) Miss Garcia.
(b) Mrs. Sinklemann.
(c) Mr. Potts.
(d) Mrs. Lufton.

6. On which member of the Miller family does Cece develop a crush?
(a) Steve.
(b) Mike.
(c) Caryn.
(d) Kathy.

7. 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) Stepping on the other group.
(b) Tossing the other group into the air.
(c) Using the other group as cushions on the couch in his office.
(d) Setting fire to the other group.

8. What is NOT a quality for which Cece and Mike are chosen to play bookends in the sixth graders' presentation?
(a) They are tall.
(b) They are short.
(c) They are one boy and one girl.
(d) They are fifth graders.

9. What type of pencil does Cece's father bring her as a present from his trip?
(a) Curly.
(b) Green.
(c) Jumbo.
(d) Bendy.

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

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

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

13. What is Cece's reply to Mike's question when she finally turns away from her imaginings of El Deafo and back to Mike?
(a) She says that she is not allowed to go to boys' houses.
(b) She says she had just been thinking.
(c) She says that she just wants to be friends.
(d) She says she does not like ice cream.

14. What does Martha actually do when Cece goes over to show Martha her eye patch?
(a) She vomits.
(b) She hugs Cece.
(c) She screams.
(d) She cries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cece says that school is not only difficult without her Phonic Ear, but is also what?

2. What object does Cece's mother bring home as a way to comfort Cece in the aftermath of the cheating incident?

3. For what reason is Cece unable to follow the story Mrs. Sinklemann is reading to the class when she is not wearing her Phonic Ear?

4. How does Cece react to the destruction of the present from her father?

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

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