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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. Who is Cece's fifth grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Sinklemann.
(b) Miss Garcia.
(c) Mrs. Newton.
(d) Mrs. Lufton.

2. 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 fifth graders.
(c) They are tall.
(d) They are one boy and one girl.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cece react to the destruction of the present from her father?

2. Though Cece says that during the summer she sometimes jumps on the trampoline by herself, she says that she usually jumps with which character?

3. In the visual depiction of the physical education teacher's treatment of the athletic kids, what is he shown to be doing?

4. For what reason is Cece unable to follow the story Mrs. Sinklemann is reading to the class when she is not wearing her Phonic Ear?

5. Where has Cece's father been when he brings her back a present from his trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cece come to be tasked with the mission of telling the class when Mrs. Sinklemann is returning to the classroom?

2. How do Cece and Martha become friends?

3. What is the author's purpose for including allusions to Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons during Cece's first time visiting Martha's house?

4. What happens to break Cece's microphone for her Phonic Ear?

5. What change leads to all but one of Cece's grades improving considerably?

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

7. In what way does El Deafo play a role in Cece's decision to tell Mike about her Phonic Ear powers?

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

9. What is the symbolism of the Hostess cherry pie?

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

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