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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to end the friendship between Cece and the neighbor girl with whom she used to watch The Monkees?
(a) Cece's mother forbids Cece to play with the girl.
(b) The girl moves away.
(c) The girl's mother forbids the girl to play with Cece.
(d) Cece moves away.

3. Cece calls the floor of what room "the Hardest Surface in the Known Universe" (171)?
(a) The science lab.
(b) The cafeteria.
(c) The nurse's office.
(d) The gym.

4. 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) Easier.
(d) Less painful.

5. Cece comments that "not one" (118) of the kids on her bus is what?
(a) Nice.
(b) Deaf.
(c) In her grade.
(d) Living in her neighborhood.

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

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

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

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.
(c) He gets the microphone tangled in his violin strings.
(d) He gets the microphone tangled in his beard.

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

11. When Cece's eyesight begins to go blurry, to what cause does she attribute the change?
(a) Glaucoma.
(b) New contact lenses.
(c) Love.
(d) A need for eyeglasses.

12. What consequence does Mrs. Sinklemann say she will be providing in response to Cece's cheating behavior?
(a) She says Cece will have to stay after school for detention.
(b) She says that Cece will be suspended for one day.
(c) She says Cece will receive a zero on the test.
(d) She says that Cece will have to repeat a grade.

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 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new quality does Cece notice about Ginny when they finally spend time together again?

2. What is Cece's reward for her performance during the flexed-arm hang?

3. When Mike asks Cece to go to his house after school one day, what does he say about the reason?

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

5. What object does Cece imagine El Deafo using to lure her crush into her "loving arms" (138)?

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