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

2. What does Cece loathe having to do each first day back to school?
(a) Having to choose something cute to wear.
(b) Having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) Having to walk past everyone in the class to give her new teacher the Phonic Ear microphone.
(d) Having to dress so that she can hide the Phonic Ear.

3. Which teacher conducts the Presidential Physical Fitness Award tests?
(a) Mrs. Sinklemann.
(b) Miss Garcia.
(c) Mrs. Lufton.
(d) Mr. Potts.

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

5. What action does Cece take while sleeping over at Martha's house that Cece at first believes has been offensive to Martha?
(a) She tells Martha that Martha's hair looks weird.
(b) She turns off her hearing aids while Martha is talking.
(c) She tells Martha that Martha's feet smell.
(d) She tells Martha that Martha's dad is attractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a quality for which Cece and Mike are chosen to play bookends in the sixth graders' presentation?

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

3. Whom does Cece's mother call when Cece shows her the broken microphone?

4. What quality does Cece notice about Ginny, saying that it is the same as always?

5. What is Cece trying to ask Ginny when Mrs. Sinklemann thinks Cece is trying to cheat on the test?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What methods does Cece use in order to renew her friendship with Martha?

5. In what class is Cece's one non-satisfactory grade and how does she feel about the class?

6. How do Cece and Martha become friends?

7. How is the theme of tenacity demonstrated in the outcome of Cece's flexed-arm hang test?

8. 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?

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

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

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