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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Laura gets Cece to march around the table with Laura's little sister Lucy, what injury ends up happening?

2. What illness does the doctor diagnose at the hospital?

3. What part of Cece's body does the nurse keep measuring throughout her stay at the hospital?

4. What adjective does Cece use to describe the pouch that the audiologist gives her just before she leaves the audiology office?

5. What is NOT an object named within Cece's visual packing list for Ginny's birthday sleepover party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What methods does the audiologist use to test Cece's hearing?

2. How does Cece use soap operas and cartoons to depict for the reader her experiences watching television?

3. What is the significance of Cece's state of mind before her first time hanging out with Emma since her stay at the hospital?

4. Cece Bell begins the narrative by stating, "I was a regular little kid" (1). What examples does she provide for her conclusion?

5. When Cece says that she makes "many discoveries about lip-reading" (31), what are three of the seven discoveries she lists?

6. Discuss how and when Bell makes it clear that the novel has serious themes, despite its status as a graphic novel.

7. What are the visual signatures that Cece Bell uses to depict the imagined activities of Cece's alter ego?

8. What is the significance of Cece's experiences in the Girl Scouts?

9. How does Cece feel about learning sign language when the idea is first presented to her by her mother?

10. What signs lead Cece to eventually realize that she has a hearing impairment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author's focus on the theme of transformation in the novel Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo. What message is the author sending about change and about one other theme of your choice?

Essay Topic 2

Illustrations are used by Cece Bell in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative and to send the reader messages using visual metaphors. Choose three scenes in which a visual metaphor is used and discuss how the illustrations used by the author set a particular mood and send a particular message within each of the three scenes.

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the theme of family bonds within Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo. What is the author's message regarding family bonds and how do you know?

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