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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dad think the crow might do to Shawn?
(a) Give him lice.
(b) Infect him with disease.
(c) Peck his eyes out.
(d) Leave droppings on his clothes.

2. What is cerebral palsy?
(a) A disease.
(b) An inability to vocalize.
(c) An inability to control movement.
(d) A condition.

3. What sensory experiences does Shawn remember as they drive away from the scene of the accident?
(a) The feeling of leather straps and dampness, and the sound of rain.
(b) The feeling of the damp breeze and the sound of rain.
(c) The feeling of shock and fear.
(d) The squeak of windshield wipers and the smell of burned oil and mud.

4. How old is Shawn when his gift first starts?
(a) Nine or ten.
(b) Three or Four.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Six or seven

5. What do Shawn's eyes tend to focus on?
(a) A smudge on the wall.
(b) Nothing in particular.
(c) What's visible through a window.
(d) Books left open.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can really bum out Shawn sometimes?

2. How old is Shawn when he learns to read?

3. What do Shawn's parents explain to their friends "a trillion times?"

4. Why does the school district send out a school psychologist each year?

5. How many people attend the premiere reading of the poem?

(see the answer key)

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