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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Cece's father been when he brings her back a present from his trip?
(a) Visiting his mother.
(b) In Belize.
(c) At a conference.
(d) Visiting his sister.

2. 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 angry with Cece.
(c) That Martha is afraid Cece will be both deaf and blind now.
(d) That Martha does not want to be friends with Cece anymore.

3. When Cece remarks that her glasses make everything easier, what does she then decide to do from then on?
(a) Wear her glasses every day.
(b) Send the eye doctor a thank you note.
(c) Call upon El Deafo in times of need.
(d) Study hard.

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

5. What does Cece loathe having to do each first day back to school?
(a) Having to choose something cute to wear.
(b) Having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
(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.

6. 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) Laura.
(c) Ashley.
(d) Ginny.

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

8. 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 is not as handsome as she had thought.
(c) She realizes that he does not know that she has a hearing impairment.
(d) She realizes that he likes her back.

9. How does Cece react to the destruction of the present from her father?
(a) She tells the destroyer of the present that she does not care.
(b) She hits the person who had broken the present.
(c) She screams.
(d) She begins to cry.

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

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

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

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

14. 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 pray for her crush to like her back.
(c) She will secretly spy on her crush.
(d) She will write her crush a letter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cece trying to ask Ginny when Mrs. Sinklemann thinks Cece is trying to cheat on the test?

2. El Deafo tells Cece that Cece does not need superpowers in order to take what action?

3. Cece calls the floor of what room "the Hardest Surface in the Known Universe" (171)?

4. What happens to end the friendship between Cece and the neighbor girl with whom she used to watch The Monkees?

5. What other group does Cece say the physical education teacher thinks exists within the school, in addition to the athletic kids?

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