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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what state does Ginny hail?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New York.

2. Who is Ashley?
(a) Cece's older brother.
(b) Cece's younger brother.
(c) Cece's younger sister.
(d) Cece's older sister.

3. What adjective does Cece use to describe how first grade feels to her "at first" (47)?
(a) Fun.
(b) Boring.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Silly.

4. What does Cece say about what happens when someone turns up the radio for her benefit?
(a) She can hear it and she can understand it.
(b) She can feel the vibrations if she touches it, but cannot hear it.
(c) She still cannot hear it and cannot understand it.
(d) She can hear it, but she cannot understand it.

5. Who is the first character in the narrative to display an empty speech bubble due to Cece's perspective?
(a) Emma.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at Ginny's birthday sleepover party to make Cece decide to sneak out and go home?

2. The audiologist gives Cece a little box with what items attached to it?

3. When Cece hears the teachers talking in the staff lounge, what is Mrs. Lufton saying?

4. After Cece arrives home from the sleepover at Laura's house, who calls Cece's house right away?

5. Cece states that "superheroes might be awesome, but they are also" (46) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the irony present in the scene when Cece declares, "Just call me El Deafo!" (68).

2. When Cece says that she makes "many discoveries about lip-reading" (31), what are three of the seven discoveries she lists?

3. How does Cece feel about learning sign language when the idea is first presented to her by her mother?

4. What are the visual signatures that Cece Bell uses to depict the imagined activities of Cece's alter ego?

5. Discuss how Bell communicate Cece's hearing impairment to the reader before Cece knows it herself within the narrative?

6. During the audiology appointment that Cece attends, what is the first sign to the doctor that there may be a problem with her hearing?

7. How does the theme of cruelty emerge within Cece's interactions with Laura throughout their first and second grade years?

8. What methods does the audiologist use to test Cece's hearing?

9. Discuss how and when Bell makes it clear that the novel has serious themes, despite its status as a graphic novel.

10. What signs lead Cece to eventually realize that she has a hearing impairment?

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