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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Who teaches Shawn to read?
(a) Shawn's father.
(b) Paul.
(c) Shawn's mother.
(d) Cindy.

4. What kind of prize does his father win?
(a) Newberry.
(b) Pulitzer.
(c) Nobel.
(d) Emmy.

5. What color are the dog's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cindy?

2. What does the crow do that startles Shawn and his father?

3. What does Shawn think about death?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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