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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Shawn tells Ally that he loves her, what word or phrase does he almost add?
(a) Always and forever.
(b) Because you are so beautiful.
(c) Ally.
(d) Darling.

2. Why does Shawn mention women in a Maxfield Parrish painting?
(a) The painting is visible to him when he lies in bed.
(b) It is his favorite painting.
(c) It is a bad omen that the painting fell off the wall in his mother's room.
(d) Ally resembles one of those women.

3. How does Shawn's mother describe Sydney to Connie?
(a) As a literary genius who has issues.
(b) As a prize-winning journalist narcissist.
(c) As a wonderful teacher without patience.
(d) As cowardly and weak.

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

5. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 9, what is the ghost bird replacing?
(a) Healing.
(b) A real bird.
(c) A heart.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?

3. What does Shawn's father always do to Shawn when he comes to visit?

4. What control does Shawn have over his body?

5. At the end of Chapter 9, what suddenly matters a lot to Shawn?

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