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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can really bum out Shawn sometimes?
(a) Feeling sorry for himself.
(b) Being talked to like a newborn baby.
(c) Being unable to communicate.
(d) Thinking about how his condition affects his family.

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

3. What is Shawn's gift?
(a) Acute hearing.
(b) Perfect pitch.
(c) Total recall of everything he hears.
(d) The ability to "see" music.

4. Who is Paul?
(a) Shawn's cousin.
(b) Shawn's older brother.
(c) Shawn's middle brother.
(d) Shawn's younger brother.

5. What is cerebral palsy?
(a) A condition.
(b) An inability to vocalize.
(c) A disease.
(d) An inability to control movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Shawn when his gift first starts?

2. What control does Shawn have over his body?

3. What does Shawn try not to do too much?

4. What allows Shawn to witness the dog's moment of death?

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

(see the answer key)

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