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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, what happens?
(a) Shawn throws the spoon across the room.
(b) Shawn's mother breaks dishes in the sink.
(c) Shawn coughs food into his father's face.
(d) Shawn spits up formula on his father's shirt.

2. How old is Shawn when his father feeds him for the last time?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Thres.
(d) Two.

3. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 12, who or what is dead?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Shawn.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Hope.

4. 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.

5. 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) Paul.
(c) Lindy.
(d) Cindy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the ruffians do to Shawn?

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

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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