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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 7 when Shawn and his father are right in front of the camera?
(a) His father notices Shawn nuzzling Becky.
(b) Shawn has a seizure.
(c) The cameraman trips over one of the ambulatory students.
(d) Shawn falls out of his wheelchair.

2. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 8, what is the main question being asked?
(a) What is wrong?
(b) Who is in there?
(c) How long must we wait?
(d) Why is this happening?

3. What does Shawn not know at the time that he sees the dog killed?
(a) That death is a part of the cycle of life.
(b) That there is an afterlife.
(c) That death is painless.
(d) That his father might be planning his own death.

4. What is Shawn's bed like at home?
(a) A toddler bed in the shape of a race car.
(b) An electric hospital bed.
(c) An oversized crib.
(d) A steel crib.

5. In the stanza of the poem at the beginning of Chapter 7, Shawn's expression is described as what?
(a) The same.
(b) Blank.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Overcooked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What control does Shawn have over his body?

2. In Chapter 8, what idea is more confusing to Shawn because he knows that his father loves him?

3. Paul gets on the bus with his teammates to go to what destination?

4. When first describing the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped Special Education Program that he attends, how does Shawn describe the class?

5. In Shawn's opinion, the fame of the poem turned his father into a professional what?

(see the answer key)

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