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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 the Miller family moves into the neighborhood, how many kids live in the house?
2. What type of pencil does Cece's father bring her as a present from his trip?
3. What action does Cece take while sleeping over at Martha's house that Cece at first believes has been offensive to Martha?
4. Though Cece says that during the summer she sometimes jumps on the trampoline by herself, she says that she usually jumps with which character?
5. In the visual depiction of the physical education teacher's treatment of the only other group in the school besides the athletic kids, what is he shown to be doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How is the theme of compassion depicted within the scene when Johnnie reluctantly apologizes to Cece for breaking her curly pencil?
3. Describe Cece's conflicted feelings about Mike's kind treatment.
4. How does Bell employ suspense within the scenes when Cece is preparing to take her new curly pencil with her to school the next day?
5. How does Cece come to be tasked with the mission of telling the class when Mrs. Sinklemann is returning to the classroom?
6. What happens to break Cece's microphone for her Phonic Ear?
7. What is ironic about Martha's reasons for breaking off her friendship with Cece?
8. What is the author's purpose for including allusions to Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons during Cece's first time visiting Martha's house?
9. Describe Cece's conflicted feelings about being alone.
10. How is the theme of tenacity demonstrated in the outcome of Cece's flexed-arm hang test?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of compassion treated within Cece Bell's graphic novel memoir El Deafo and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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