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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Mrs. Sinklemann is not speaking clearly enough.
(b) Mrs. Sinklemann is turned away from Cece.
(c) Mrs. Sinklemann is not speaking loudly enough.
(d) Mrs. Sinklemann is covering her lips with the book.

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

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

8. To what location does Mike invite Cece the day she tells him about her Phonic Ear powers?
(a) To the park.
(b) To the library.
(c) To the ice cream parlor.
(d) To his house.

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

10. In the visual depiction of the physical education teacher's treatment of the athletic kids, what is he shown to be doing?
(a) Presenting the athletic kids with huge trophies.
(b) Holding the athletic kids in the palm of his hand.
(c) Literally padding his resume with the athletic kids.
(d) Hoisting the athletic kids onto his shoulders.

11. 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 has never seen her Phonic Ear.
(b) She realizes that he likes her back.
(c) She realizes that he does not know that she has a hearing impairment.
(d) She realizes that he is not as handsome as she had thought.

12. What adjective does Cece use to describe the summer she and Martha spend together?
(a) Awesome.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Boring.

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

14. 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 in his beard.
(c) He gets the microphone tangled.
(d) He gets the microphone tangled in his spiral notebook.

15. Cece says that school is not only difficult without her Phonic Ear, but is also what?
(a) Silent.
(b) Anxiety-inducing.
(c) Dumb.
(d) Boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the destroyer of Cece's present from her father use to describe the present?

2. What type of pencil does Cece's father bring her as a present from his trip?

3. How much time passes between the time Cece's microphone breaks and when her Phonic Ear is returned to her in a fixed condition?

4. When Mike tells Cece that he will be in Mrs. Sinklemann's class, who else says that they also will be Mrs. Sinklemann's class?

5. When Cece's mother goes to get a washcloth for Cece's eye, what does Martha say to Cece?

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