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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. For how many seconds does Cece hold her flexed-arm hang?
(a) 64.
(b) 23.
(c) 45.
(d) 112.

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

3. Who invites Cece to come across the street to help her make "dirt soup" (121)?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Martha.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ginny.

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

5. Though Cece says that during the summer she sometimes jumps on the trampoline by herself, she says that she usually jumps with which character?
(a) Martha.
(b) Ginny.
(c) Mike.
(d) Ellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cece remarks that her glasses make everything easier, what does she then decide to do from then on?

2. Who is Cece's physical education teacher?

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

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

5. What consequence does Mrs. Sinklemann say she will be providing in response to Cece's cheating behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unexpected benefit does Cece receive when trying out her new glasses for the first time?

2. When Cece again spends time with Ginny after a long time apart, what is one thing about Ginny that Cece says is the same and what is one thing about Ginny that Cece says is different?

3. How do Cece and Martha become friends?

4. What is ironic about Martha's reasons for breaking off her friendship with Cece?

5. What action does Cece imagine Mike taking when he sees Cece's Phonic Ear for the first time?

6. At what realization does Cece arrive on the morning of the first day of fifth grade that causes her a lot of anxiety?

7. Describe Cece's conflicted feelings about Mike's kind treatment.

8. How is the theme of compassion depicted within the scene when Johnnie reluctantly apologizes to Cece for breaking her curly pencil?

9. What visual element does Cece Bell often use to indicate the overwhelming nature of being able to hear words while not being able to understand them?

10. How does Bell characterize El Deafo's reaction to Cece's decision to talk to Mike about her Phonic Ear?

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