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

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

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

4. What do Shawn's eyes tend to focus on?
(a) Books left open.
(b) A smudge on the wall.
(c) What's visible through a window.
(d) Nothing in particular.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shawn hear as they first drive off in the van after the accident?

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

3. How old is Shawn when he learns to read?

4. How does Mom try to comfort Cindy about the dog?

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

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