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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 Mom say to Cindy when she gets back in the van?
(a) I believe in life after death.
(b) Your t-shirt is ruined.
(c) That car left the scene of the accident.
(d) I'm sorry you had to see this.

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

3. Faced with the crow, Dad compares Shawn's helplessness to what?
(a) A feather.
(b) A worm.
(c) A bug.
(d) A baby.

4. Why did Shawn think that he understood what death looked like before the dog died?
(a) Because his hospital roommate died when he was seven.
(b) He had read books in which people died and he has a good imagination.
(c) Because he heard his mother describe he death of a relative.
(d) He had seen people "die" on television.

5. How does Shawn describe William, one of the teacher assistants?
(a) An incredibly nice guy.
(b) An incredibly cruel psychopath.
(c) An incredibly strong guy with hairy arms.
(d) The guy who broke my arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the doozy of a seizure that Shawn has during the Alice Ponds Show, what does Shawn experience?

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

3. When Sydney becomes famous for the poem, what famous person does he meet?

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

5. What does Shawn do at the Pacific Science Center when he is eight?

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