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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nice thing does Cece's brother do for her when she returns home from the hospital?
(a) He helps her finish her math homework.
(b) He reads to Cece and sits by her bed until she falls asleep.
(c) He makes and hides paper boats all over the house.
(d) He cleans Cece's room.

2. The audiologist gives Cece a little box with what items attached to it?
(a) Combs.
(b) Stickers.
(c) Cords.
(d) Buttons.

3. Cece tells the reader that if she ever wants to spend any time with her older siblings, she has to take what action?
(a) She has to go outside.
(b) She has to smoke cigarettes.
(c) She has to ask for a ride somewhere.
(d) She has to watch television.

4. After "three months of freedom" and "three months of bliss" (102), what grade does Cece enter?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

5. Laura tells Cece that Cece is a what "kind of funny" (48) person?
(a) A weird kind of funny.
(b) A mean kind of funny.
(c) A stupid kind of funny.
(d) A hilarious kind of funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cece's mother suggests that Cece take a sign language class at what location?

2. What visual element does the author use to depict Cece's feelings at the start of first grade?

3. For what favor does Cece ask God the night before her first day of third grade?

4. What happens when the earpiece from Cece's Phonic Ear is not in her ear, but her teacher's microphone is on?

5. What symptom does Cece display that causes her parents to rush her to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's purpose for including images related to fishing on page 60?

2. Discuss how and when Bell makes it clear that the novel has serious themes, despite its status as a graphic novel.

3. Discuss the irony present in the scene when Cece declares, "Just call me El Deafo!" (68).

4. Cece Bell begins the narrative by stating, "I was a regular little kid" (1). What examples does she provide for her conclusion?

5. How does the theme of cruelty emerge within Cece's interactions with Laura throughout their first and second grade years?

6. Discuss how Bell communicate Cece's hearing impairment to the reader before Cece knows it herself within the narrative?

7. What are the visual signatures that Cece Bell uses to depict the imagined activities of Cece's alter ego?

8. During the audiology appointment that Cece attends, what is the first sign to the doctor that there may be a problem with her hearing?

9. Discuss the symbolism of the on/off switch on Cece's hearing aid.

10. What happens to cause Cece to stop having fun at Ginny's sleepover party?

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