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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shawn do at the Pacific Science Center when he is eight?
(a) Attend a laser show.
(b) Attend a special summer camp.
(c) Ride the virtual reality attraction.
(d) View the Grossology Exhibit about the human body.

2. What is Shawn's birth order?
(a) Oldest Boy.
(b) Middle child.
(c) Youngest.
(d) Oldest.

3. How much money does Sydney McDaniel claim it takes to educate each ineducable child in Seattle?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(b) A million dollars per decade.
(c) Thirty-five thousand dollars per year per child.
(d) Twenty-five thousand dollars per year per child.

4. What seems to fall off of the computer screen in Chapter 14?
(a) A shadow.
(b) A feather.
(c) Stars.
(d) A sticky note.

5. While at the Pacific Science Center, Shawn indicates someone "looks a lot more 'mad' back then." Who is Shawn referring to?
(a) Alice Ponds.
(b) Sydney McDaniel.
(c) Earl Detraux.
(d) Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, what is Bell Town?

2. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 11, what is the overriding image or message?

3. How old is Shawn when he learns to read?

4. While "twisting through the universe" in Chapter 13, what is Shawn's favorite part of the experience?

5. When Shawn describes his seizures in great detail, according to him what is it about his seizures that is especially irritating to his family?

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