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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the premiere reading of the poem, who is referred to as "Bing-Bong"?
(a) The first speaker.
(b) A fictitious character in the poem.
(c) Shawn.
(d) The woman with the huge breasts.

2. What can really bum out Shawn sometimes?
(a) Thinking about how his condition affects his family.
(b) Being unable to communicate.
(c) Being talked to like a newborn baby.
(d) Feeling sorry for himself.

3. What do Shawn's eyes tend to focus on?
(a) A smudge on the wall.
(b) Nothing in particular.
(c) Books left open.
(d) What's visible through a window.

4. Why does Shawn say that he loves his seizures?
(a) They do not hurt.
(b) He is being sarcastic.
(c) They made him famous.
(d) They are reality.

5. How does Shawn's father talk to him?
(a) He talks to him in an age-appropriate way, but then laughs as though at a joke.
(b) He shouts as though Shawn is deaf.
(c) He speaks in baby-talk.
(d) He does not talk to Shawn directly.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location does the premiere reading of the poem that was written about Shawn take place?

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

3. During the premiere reading of the poem, where is Shawn sitting?

4. What word or concept is confusing to Shawn until he sees it written out?

5. What phrase is still confusing to Shawn?

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