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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Shawn's main teachers in life?
(a) Special education teachers.
(b) The television, car radio, overheard conversations, and reading.
(c) His parents.
(d) His siblings.

3. What does Cindy do when the dog is hit by the car?
(a) Calls for help on the cell phone.
(b) Swerves and doubles back.
(c) Picks up the dog and strokes its face until it dies.
(d) Continues driving.

4. Why does Shawn say that he doesn't really have a body?
(a) Because he has cerebral palsy.
(b) Because his life has always just been in his head.
(c) Because he has never been able to see what he looks like.
(d) Because his body doesn't work right.

5. What does Shawn think about the city in which he lives?
(a) It's cool beyond belief.
(b) It's too rainy.
(c) It's wild to live near so many sports teams.
(d) It's not sunny enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Shawn think that he understood what death looked like before the dog died?

2. What do Shawn's eyes tend to focus on?

3. What does Shawn think about death?

4. Why does Shawn get confused about some aspects and experiences of life?

5. Chapter 1 is written from what point of view ?

(see the answer key)

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