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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 new quality does Cece notice about Ginny when they finally spend time together again?
(a) Ginny no longer speaks so slowly.
(b) Ginny no longer shouts.
(c) Ginny has developed breasts.
(d) Ginny has gained confidence in herself.

2. What is NOT a quality for which Cece and Mike are chosen to play bookends in the sixth graders' presentation?
(a) They are one boy and one girl.
(b) They are fifth graders.
(c) They are tall.
(d) They are short.

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

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

5. What other group does Cece say the physical education teacher thinks exists within the school, in addition to the athletic kids?
(a) The clumsy kids.
(b) The klutzes.
(c) Everyone else.
(d) The smart kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to end the friendship between Cece and the neighbor girl with whom she used to watch The Monkees?

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

3. What happens to Cece's present from her father when she shows it to the kids at the bus stop?

4. When Mike asks Cece to go to his house after school one day, what does he say about the reason?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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