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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, while Shawn is outside on the front porch, what is the origin of the strong smell of fumes?
(a) The grill.
(b) The van.
(c) A cigarette lighter.
(d) Gasoline.

2. What do the ruffians do to Shawn?
(a) They burn him.
(b) They squirt him with a hose.
(c) They stab the tires of his wheelchair.
(d) They dump him out of his wheelchair.

3. How many times has Shawn's father said his name aloud in his presence?
(a) Twenty-six times.
(b) Ninety-six times.
(c) Six times.
(d) Sixteen times.

4. How does Shawn's father talk to him?
(a) He speaks in baby-talk.
(b) He shouts as though Shawn is deaf.
(c) He does not talk to Shawn directly.
(d) He talks to him in an age-appropriate way, but then laughs as though at a joke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pain that Dad speaks of wanting to end for Shawn?

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

3. Shawn thinks that his father does love him, although he is freaked out by what?

4. In Chapter 12, Cindy admits to feeling guilty about what?

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

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