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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Shawn's good news?
(a) He has siblings who are pretty cool.
(b) All anwers are correct.
(c) He has a gift.
(d) He lives in a cool city.

2. Chapter 1 is written from what point of view ?
(a) Shawn's.
(b) The psychologist's.
(c) Third person.
(d) Omniscient.

3. Shawn thinks that his father does love him, although he is freaked out by what?
(a) His drooling and head bobbing.
(b) Shawn's condition and seizures.
(c) His inability to talk and respond.
(d) His inability to control his bowels and bladder.

4. What sensory experiences does Shawn remember as they drive away from the scene of the accident?
(a) The squeak of windshield wipers and the smell of burned oil and mud.
(b) The feeling of leather straps and dampness, and the sound of rain.
(c) The feeling of the damp breeze and the sound of rain.
(d) The feeling of shock and fear.

5. Where does the crow land?
(a) On the telephone line in the alley behind the house.
(b) On Shawn's spare wheelchair.
(c) On the railing under the overhanging branches.
(d) On the rear-view mirror on his father's car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the school district send out a school psychologist each year?

2. What does Dad think the crow might do to Shawn?

3. Who teaches Shawn to read?

4. What can really bum out Shawn sometimes?

5. What do Shawn's parents explain to their friends "a trillion times?"

(see the answer key)

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