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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 Cece use to describe the summer she and Martha spend together?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Awesome.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Boring.

2. What is Cece's reply to Mike's question when she finally turns away from her imaginings of El Deafo and back to Mike?
(a) She says that she is not allowed to go to boys' houses.
(b) She says she does not like ice cream.
(c) She says that she just wants to be friends.
(d) She says she had just been thinking.

3. When Cece earns all A grades and S grades on her report card, in what subject is the one exception?
(a) Physical education.
(b) Music.
(c) Art.
(d) Math.

4. What consequence does Mrs. Sinklemann say she will be providing in response to Cece's cheating behavior?
(a) She says that Cece will have to repeat a grade.
(b) She says that Cece will be suspended for one day.
(c) She says Cece will receive a zero on the test.
(d) She says Cece will have to stay after school for detention.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who forces Johnnie to apologize to Cece?

2. For what reason can Cece not understand Martha when Martha is asking Cece what she would like from Long John Silver's?

3. What is NOT a way that Cece tries to get in contact with Martha after her eye injury?

4. Once Mr. Potts breaks Cece's microphone, what grades does she imagine earning on her next report card?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do Cece and Martha become friends?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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