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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the school district send out a school psychologist each year?
(a) Because Shawn is diagnosed as psychologically damaged.
(b) Because Shawn must pass the test before being promoted.
(c) To satisfy the standardized test requirement.
(d) To administer tests to Shawn for IEPs.

2. In the first verse of the poem that Sydney writes, what animal does he use to refer to Shawn?
(a) A fish.
(b) A bird.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A crow.

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

4. Shawn values the experience of having seizures so much that he would trade what in order to continue having seizures?
(a) The lives of his immediate family.
(b) His wheelchair.
(c) His special gift.
(d) The ability to read.

5. In Chapter 13, Shawn cannot stop thinking about his father. How long has it been since The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) One day.
(b) A week.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. While making the PBS Special at Shawn's classroom, Sydney McDaniel claims that people will not place ineducable children where?

2. In Chapter 7, why is it necessary to file an incident report?

3. What control does Shawn have over his body?

4. In Chapter 6 Shawn describes his seizures as being like what?

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

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