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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. When Cece's mother goes to get a washcloth for Cece's eye, what does Martha say to Cece?
(a) Martha tells Cece that she might lose her eye.
(b) Martha tells Cece that she has to go across the street to her home.
(c) Martha tells Cece that she is never going to leave Cece's side.
(d) Martha tells Cece that she is sorry for injuring Cece's eye.

2. What is Cece's reward for her performance during the flexed-arm hang?
(a) An S grade.
(b) A Presidential Award medal.
(c) A stuffed unicorn.
(d) An A grade.

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

4. What noun does Cece use to describe the state of her life while her Phonic Ear has been in the shop?
(a) A Rubik's cube.
(b) A travesty.
(c) A puzzle.
(d) A mess.

5. When the Miller family moves into the neighborhood, how many kids live in the house?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the destroyer of Cece's present from her father use to describe the present?

2. When Martha and Cece decide to play tag one day, on what object does Cece snag and injure her eye?

3. When Cece's mother is on the phone with the person Cece delightedly thinks is Martha, with whom is her mother actually speaking?

4. What happens just before Mrs. Potts drops the microphone to the Phonic Ear on the ground?

5. 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?

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

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

4. For what reason does Cece begin to laugh helplessly while onstage in front of the whole school?

5. How does Bell employ suspense within the scenes when Cece is preparing to take her new curly pencil with her to school the next day?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. Describe Cece's conflicted feelings about being alone.

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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