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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the fight, who tells the strangers that they need to leave the yard?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Lindy.
(c) Paul.
(d) Ally.

2. What kind of prize does his father win?
(a) Pulitzer.
(b) Nobel.
(c) Newberry.
(d) Emmy.

3. In Chapter 12, what is Paul's punishment?
(a) Weeding the rock garden.
(b) Revocation of driving privileges.
(c) Detention.
(d) No allowance for a week.

4. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?
(a) That Shawn's intelligence is so much lower than his own.
(b) That Shawn might be trapped inside himself.
(c) That Shawn is their youngest child.
(d) That Shawn does not resemble Sydney at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the crow do that startles Shawn and his father?

2. In Chapter 12, while Shawn is outside on the front porch, what is the origin of the strong smell of fumes?

3. According to Shawn in Chapter 8, when does his father seem to feel the closest to Shawn?

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

5. During the doozy of a seizure that Shawn has during the Alice Ponds Show, what does Shawn experience?

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