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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dad think the crow might do to Shawn?
(a) Leave droppings on his clothes.
(b) Infect him with disease.
(c) Give him lice.
(d) Peck his eyes out.

2. Faced with the crow, Dad compares Shawn's helplessness to what?
(a) A worm.
(b) A baby.
(c) A feather.
(d) A bug.

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

4. According to the discussion between Shawn's parents the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, who does not believe in God?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Lindy.
(d) Paul.

5. In Chapter 12, what is Paul being punished for?
(a) Coming in too late the night before.
(b) Bad grades.
(c) Taking the car without permission.
(d) Bullying.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shawn's mother has coffee with her friend Connie and they talk about his father leaving, where is Shawn?

2. In Chapter 8, Shawn says that his father's books, poems, newspaper and magazine articles and his job teaching literature at college always made him think of his father as what?

3. In Chapter 8, what do the doctors say is "almost impossible?"

4. Where is Shawn the week before his father comes by the house?

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

(see the answer key)

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