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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?
(a) That Shawn is their youngest child.
(b) That Shawn might be trapped inside himself.
(c) That Shawn's intelligence is so much lower than his own.
(d) That Shawn does not resemble Sydney at all.

2. Shawn thinks that his father does love him, although he is freaked out by what?
(a) His drooling and head bobbing.
(b) Shawn's condition and seizures.
(c) His inability to control his bowels and bladder.
(d) His inability to talk and respond.

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

4. What phrase is confusing to Shawn at first because of his lack of experience?
(a) Cigarette drag.
(b) Chicken soup.
(c) Turkey dressing.
(d) Postal worker.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Shawn awakens from a seizure?

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

3. In the stanza of the poem in Chapter 6, what part of Shawn's body shows signs of trouble?

4. In the dream about Ally, where are Ally and Shawn sitting?

5. What can really bum out Shawn sometimes?

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