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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item is not in Shawn's father's bedroom?
(a) A photograph of Shawn, his parents, and his siblings.
(b) A poster from the science center.
(c) A photograph of Shawn.
(d) A photograph of Shawn's sister.

2. What does Cindy call Earl Detraux?
(a) A crazed publicity seeker.
(b) A mad scientist.
(c) A selfish, self centered creep.
(d) A monster.

3. What does Shawn do at the Pacific Science Center when he is eight?
(a) Attend a special summer camp.
(b) View the Grossology Exhibit about the human body.
(c) Ride the virtual reality attraction.
(d) Attend a laser show.

4. How is Sydney McDaniel introduced on The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) As a parent who kills.
(b) As a prize-winning writer who can explain the nature of pure evil.
(c) As a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author.
(d) As a man who is considering the murder of his own child.

5. In Chapter 12, Cindy admits to feeling guilty about what?
(a) Yelling at her mother when she is frustrated.
(b) Hurting Shawn's feelings.
(c) Ever complaining.
(d) Going on The Alice Ponds Show.

6. What do Cindy's friends do in front of Shawn that he sees as a "silver lining?"
(a) When they include him in conversations, they shout at him.
(b) They act as though Shawn is blind and deaf.
(c) They make sure to whisper their most private secrets so he cannot hear.
(d) They romp in the next room.

7. What does Shawn explain at the end of the angel dream?
(a) I don't want to be an angel!
(b) Angels aren't real!
(c) I am not an angel!
(d) I don't want to die!

8. Right before bed in Chapter 14, how is Shawn feeling?
(a) Happy.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Exhilarated.

9. The peace usually lasts how long between Paul and his father?
(a) No more than a few days.
(b) Until his father starts a new project.
(c) No more than a few months.
(d) No longer than spring training.

10. What does Shawn's father say he did, night after night, when Shawn was born?
(a) Sink into a depression.
(b) Cry.
(c) Rage against the truth.
(d) Pray.

11. When Shawn starts watching The Alice Ponds Show and Dad and Cindy come on the screen, what happens?
(a) Shawn has a small seizure and cannot focus on the interview.
(b) The electricity goes off.
(c) The show is interrupted by a special news report about Earl Detraux.
(d) Shawn has a large seizure and cannot focus on the interview.

12. When Shawn tells Ally that he loves her, what word or phrase does he almost add?
(a) Always and forever.
(b) Darling.
(c) Because you are so beautiful.
(d) Ally.

13. Who gathers with Shawn to watch his father's episode of The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) The extended McDaniel family.
(b) Lindy, Cindy, and Paul.
(c) Mom and Paul.
(d) Cindy and Paul.

14. What happens during the commercial after the interview of Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show?
(a) The family room is silent.
(b) A bird files into the closed family room window.
(c) The electricity goes off.
(d) Shawn has a seizure.

15. Paul gets on the bus with his teammates to go to what destination?
(a) Walla Walla.
(b) Redmond.
(c) Spokane.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the ruffians do to Shawn?

2. What are the first word or words that Shawn's father has ever heard Shawn speak?

3. What kind of tournament is Paul entering with his teammates?

4. What happens at the very end of chapter 16?

5. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 11, what is the overriding image or message?

(see the answer keys)

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