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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. About whom does Cece dream the night she arrives home from Ginny's birthday sleepover party?
(a) Mr. Potts.
(b) Martha.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ginny.

2. What adjective does Cece use to describe the pouch that the audiologist gives her just before she leaves the audiology office?
(a) Cute.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Pretty.

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

4. What skill does it take Cece a few days to learn how to do again after her illness?
(a) Use scissors.
(b) Walk.
(c) Speak.
(d) Tie her shoes.

5. To what type of house do Cece and her family move when Cece must attend a new school?
(a) A big old house in a small town.
(b) A small row house in a small town.
(c) A big old house in a big city.
(d) A small row house in the big city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose idea is it to conduct a makeover on Cece at Ginny's birthday sleepover party?

2. Laura tells Cece that Cece is a what "kind of funny" (48) person?

3. Who brings Cece home from the hospital?

4. What item does Cece say is a "must" (39) when she is wearing her Phonic Ear?

5. Cece tells the reader that if she ever wants to spend any time with her older siblings, she has to take what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the reader's earliest clues that Cece's friendship with Laura may not be a good match?

2. Cece Bell begins the narrative by stating, "I was a regular little kid" (1). What examples does she provide for her conclusion?

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

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

5. What sleepover party activities does Cece describe as being really fun?

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

7. Though Cece only briefly attends a school for children with hearing impairments, she learns a lot. How does the author use illustrations to augment the reader's understanding of the lessons Cece learns?

8. Discuss the symbolism of the on/off switch on Cece's hearing aid.

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

10. With what illness is Cece diagnosed and what does the doctor say about it?

(see the answer keys)

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