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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 Cece is still recovering from Martha's reaction to Cece's eye patch, what does Martha's mother tell Cece?
2. Whom does Cece's mother call when Cece shows her the broken microphone?
3. What realization does Cece come to about Mike on the morning of the first day of being in the same class with him?
4. What quality does Cece notice about Ginny, saying that it is the same as always?
5. When Cece's mother is on the phone with the person Cece delightedly thinks is Martha, with whom is her mother actually speaking?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Cece's conflicted feelings about Mike's kind treatment.
2. For what reason does Cece begin to laugh helplessly while onstage in front of the whole school?
3. What methods does Cece use in order to renew her friendship with Martha?
4. In what way does El Deafo play a role in Cece's decision to tell Mike about her Phonic Ear powers?
5. 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?
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. How does Cece come to be tasked with the mission of telling the class when Mrs. Sinklemann is returning to the classroom?
9. How does Cece feel about the letter she receives in August that tells her who her fifth grade teacher will be?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo and the theme of trust focused upon throughout the narrative. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
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