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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. What does Cece loathe having to do each first day back to school?
2. What is Cece trying to ask Ginny when Mrs. Sinklemann thinks Cece is trying to cheat on the test?
3. Cece says that school is not only difficult without her Phonic Ear, but is also what?
4. For how many seconds does Cece hold her flexed-arm hang?
5. Who forces Johnnie to apologize to Cece?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of compassion depicted within the scene when Johnnie reluctantly apologizes to Cece for breaking her curly pencil?
2. Describe Cece's conflicted feelings about Mike's kind treatment.
3. 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?
4. How is the theme of tenacity demonstrated in the outcome of Cece's flexed-arm hang test?
5. How does Bell characterize El Deafo's reaction to Cece's decision to talk to Mike about her Phonic Ear?
6. In what class is Cece's one non-satisfactory grade and how does she feel about the class?
7. At what realization does Cece arrive on the morning of the first day of fifth grade that causes her a lot of anxiety?
8. 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?
9. What methods does Cece use in order to renew her friendship with Martha?
10. For what reason does Cece begin to laugh helplessly while onstage in front of the whole school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What kinds of dysfunctional friendships are depicted within El Deafo and what is the author's ultimate message regarding the nature of true friendship?
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
Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo.
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