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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. How does Cece feel when she finds she is able to hear Mrs. Lufton wherever she is in the school?
2. When Cece first imagines her superhero alter ego, what other superhero is also depicted within her imagination?
3. The first time Cece imagines her superhero alter ego, what question is she asked that causes her thought bubbles to pop?
4. Who tries to teach Cece the sign language alphabet at Ginny's birthday sleepover party?
5. Cece tells the reader that if she ever wants to spend any time with her older siblings, she has to take what action?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss how the theme of appearance versus reality is depicted in the scene when the kids in Cece's new neighborhood turn the radio louder for her.
2. During the audiology appointment that Cece attends, what is the first sign to the doctor that there may be a problem with her hearing?
3. What are the visual signatures that Cece Bell uses to depict the imagined activities of Cece's alter ego?
4. How does the theme of cruelty emerge within Cece's interactions with Laura throughout their first and second grade years?
5. Discuss how and when Bell makes it clear that the novel has serious themes, despite its status as a graphic novel.
6. How is the theme of condescension depicted within the scene at Ginny's sleepover party?
7. What methods does the audiologist use to test Cece's hearing?
8. Cece Bell begins the narrative by stating, "I was a regular little kid" (1). What examples does she provide for her conclusion?
9. When Cece says that she makes "many discoveries about lip-reading" (31), what are three of the seven discoveries she lists?
10. How is the theme of family bonds depicted within Cece's return home from the hospital?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo.
Essay Topic 3
Read the three-page section at the end of the novel entitled A Note From the Author. Analyze and discuss a particular theme in El Deafo that became clearer to you once you read this section and discuss why all readers of El Deafo should read this appendix inclusion.
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