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Stuck in Neutral Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. In Chapter 8, what idea is more confusing to Shawn because he knows that his father loves him?
(a) That his father makes money from being his father.
(b) That his father divorced his mother.
(c) That his father left the family.
(d) That his father might kill him without being sure it is the right thing to do.

2. What does Shawn not know at the time that he sees the dog killed?
(a) That death is a part of the cycle of life.
(b) That his father might be planning his own death.
(c) That there is an afterlife.
(d) That death is painless.

3. Why did Shawn think that he understood what death looked like before the dog died?
(a) Because he heard his mother describe he death of a relative.
(b) He had seen people "die" on television.
(c) He had read books in which people died and he has a good imagination.
(d) Because his hospital roommate died when he was seven.

4. Who teaches Shawn to read?
(a) Paul.
(b) Shawn's father.
(c) Shawn's mother.
(d) Cindy.

5. Shawn thinks that his father does love him, although he is freaked out by what?
(a) His inability to talk and respond.
(b) His inability to control his bowels and bladder.
(c) His drooling and head bobbing.
(d) Shawn's condition and seizures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shawn think about the city in which he lives?

2. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 8, what is the main question being asked?

3. Chapter 1 is written from what point of view ?

4. Why is Dad enraged and fearful after the experience with the crow?

5. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the little ritual that Shawn's father performs every time he visits Shawn?

2. How much control does Shawn have over his seizures?

3. What is Shawn's out-of-body experience like while his father is in the classroom shooting video with a cameraman?

4. What "techniques of making contact" does Shawn mention have not been tried on him?

5. What movements does Shawn's body make and what controls them?

6. Why does Shawn think that it is cool to live in Seattle?

7. What does the encounter with the crow reveal to Shawn's father, and what thought occurs to him?

8. Describe what the special education class at Shoreline High School is like according to Shawn, and how the students behave.

9. According to Shawn, who is the Shawn in the poem written by his father?

10. How does seeing the death of the dog make Shawn feel?

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