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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does Cece receive a letter stating who her fifth grade teacher will be?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) August.

2. How much time passes between the time Cece's microphone breaks and when her Phonic Ear is returned to her in a fixed condition?
(a) Six weeks and four days.
(b) Four weeks and three days.
(c) Three weeks and four days.
(d) Two weeks and six days.

3. What realization does Cece come to about Mike on the morning of the first day of being in the same class with him?
(a) She realizes that he has never seen her Phonic Ear.
(b) She realizes that he does not know that she has a hearing impairment.
(c) She realizes that he likes her back.
(d) She realizes that he is not as handsome as she had thought.

4. What type of pencil does Cece's father bring her as a present from his trip?
(a) Bendy.
(b) Green.
(c) Curly.
(d) Jumbo.

5. What object does Cece imagine El Deafo using to lure her crush into her "loving arms" (138)?
(a) The rosette on her undershirt.
(b) Her horse-shaped belt buckle.
(c) Her neon nail polish.
(d) The pink laces on her tennis shoes.

6. Who is Cece's physical education teacher?
(a) Miss Garcia.
(b) Mrs. Sinklemann.
(c) Mrs. Lufton.
(d) Mr. Potts.

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

8. For what reason can Cece not understand Martha when Martha is asking Cece what she would like from Long John Silver's?
(a) Martha is eating a popsicle.
(b) The television is on at the same time Martha is speaking.
(c) Martha is in a different room.
(d) Martha is speaking too quietly.

9. What adjective does Cece use to describe the summer she and Martha spend together?
(a) Awesome.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Boring.

10. What quality does Cece notice about Ginny, saying that it is the same as always?
(a) Her ready laugh.
(b) Her snooty ways.
(c) Her way of speaking.
(d) Her smug attitude.

11. What question does Mike ask Cece when she is paying attention to El Deafo instead of him?
(a) If she wants to come over to his house.
(b) If she wants some ice cream.
(c) If she is okay.
(d) If she likes him.

12. How does Cece respond when Mike tells her that her curly pencil was cool and that he does not know why its destroyer had taken that action?
(a) She asks him to jump on the trampoline with her.
(b) She thanks him.
(c) She says nothing.
(d) She turns away while he is still speaking.

13. What reaction does Cece expect from Martha when she goes over to show Martha her eye patch?
(a) She thinks that Martha will cry.
(b) She thinks she and Martha will both see the humor in the situation.
(c) She thinks that Martha will apologize to Cece.
(d) She thinks that Martha will refuse to talk to her.

14. What is Mike's reaction when Cece tells him about her Phonic Ear powers?
(a) He says that Cece should not listen to Mrs. Sinklemann when she is outside the classroom.
(b) He says that Cece should let him try the Phonic Ear.
(c) He says that he is going to tell Mrs. Sinklemann.
(d) He says that Cece's Phonic Ear is cool and it gives her superpowers.

15. For how many seconds does Cece hold her flexed-arm hang?
(a) 45.
(b) 23.
(c) 112.
(d) 64.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Cece's mother bring home as a way to comfort Cece in the aftermath of the cheating incident?

2. Who approaches Cece while she is lying by herself on the trampoline fantasizing about her crush?

3. What is NOT a quality for which Cece and Mike are chosen to play bookends in the sixth graders' presentation?

4. When Martha and Cece decide to play tag one day, on what object does Cece snag and injure her eye?

5. What happens to Cece's present from her father when she shows it to the kids at the bus stop?

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