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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cece react to the destruction of the present from her father?
(a) She screams.
(b) She tells the destroyer of the present that she does not care.
(c) She begins to cry.
(d) She hits the person who had broken the present.

2. Once Mr. Potts breaks Cece's microphone, what grades does she imagine earning on her next report card?
(a) C grades and D grades.
(b) NS grades and NC grades.
(c) F grades and D grades.
(d) F grades and NS grades.

3. When the Miller family moves into the neighborhood, how many kids live in the house?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

4. Cece comments that "not one" (118) of the kids on her bus is what?
(a) Deaf.
(b) In her grade.
(c) Living in her neighborhood.
(d) Nice.

5. Who invites Cece to come across the street to help her make "dirt soup" (121)?
(a) Ginny.
(b) Martha.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Laura.

6. Who approaches Cece while she is lying by herself on the trampoline fantasizing about her crush?
(a) Laura.
(b) Ashley.
(c) Mike.
(d) Ginny.

7. When Martha and Cece decide to play tag one day, on what object does Cece snag and injure her eye?
(a) A branch.
(b) A flagpole.
(c) A telephone pole.
(d) A fence.

8. Cece decides that instead of telling anyone about her crush, she will perform what action?
(a) She will smile at her crush every time she sees him.
(b) She will write her crush a letter.
(c) She will secretly spy on her crush.
(d) She will pray for her crush to like her back.

9. What other group does Cece say the physical education teacher thinks exists within the school, in addition to the athletic kids?
(a) The smart kids.
(b) The klutzes.
(c) Everyone else.
(d) The clumsy kids.

10. Who helps push Cece to tell Mike about her Phonic Ear powers?
(a) El Deafo.
(b) Martha.
(c) Mrs. Sinklemann.
(d) Cece's mother.

11. What is NOT a way that Cece tries to get in contact with Martha after her eye injury?
(a) She writes Martha a note and gives it to Martha's mother.
(b) She knocks on Martha's door to show her that she no longer needs the eye patch.
(c) She asks her mother to call Martha for her.
(d) She sends Martha a singing telegram.

12. What action does Cece take while sleeping over at Martha's house that Cece at first believes has been offensive to Martha?
(a) She tells Martha that Martha's dad is attractive.
(b) She tells Martha that Martha's feet smell.
(c) She turns off her hearing aids while Martha is talking.
(d) She tells Martha that Martha's hair looks weird.

13. When Cece earns all A grades and S grades on her report card, in what subject is the one exception?
(a) Physical education.
(b) Art.
(c) Music.
(d) Math.

14. For how many seconds does Ginny hold her flexed-arm hang?
(a) 64.
(b) 45.
(c) 12.
(d) 23.

15. When Cece's mother is on the phone with the person Cece delightedly thinks is Martha, with whom is her mother actually speaking?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ginny.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ashley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cece loathe having to do each first day back to school?

2. What happens just before Mrs. Potts drops the microphone to the Phonic Ear on the ground?

3. What quality does Cece notice about Ginny, saying that it is the same as always?

4. What consequence does Mrs. Sinklemann say she will be providing in response to Cece's cheating behavior?

5. What happens the first time Martha speaks to Mike?

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