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

2. 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 might kill him without being sure it is the right thing to do.
(d) That his father left the family.

3. What is the pain that Dad speaks of wanting to end for Shawn?
(a) The pain associated with bleeding in the brain.
(b) The pain of grand mal seizures.
(c) The pain of muscle spasms.
(d) The pain of knowing a loveless life.

4. Where is Shawn the week before his father comes by the house?
(a) Shawn is in the living room.
(b) Shawn is on the back deck of the house.
(c) Shawn is in the television room.
(d) Shawn is in the backyard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dad think the crow might do to Shawn?

3. How many times has Shawn's father said his name aloud in his presence?

4. In Chapter 12, what is Paul's punishment?

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

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