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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shawn hear as they first drive off in the van after the accident?
(a) Silence.
(b) The crunch of gravel.
(c) A siren.
(d) Crying.

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

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

4. What does the crow do that startles Shawn and his father?
(a) It flaps its wings menacingly.
(b) It flies overhead.
(c) It caws loudly.
(d) It picks up a cube of ice.

5. What phrase is still confusing to Shawn?
(a) Keep on trucking.
(b) Door bell.
(c) Kitty Hawk.
(d) Car wash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Shawn's good news?

3. Why does Shawn say that he doesn't really have a body?

4. What does Mom say to Cindy when she gets back in the van?

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

(see the answer key)

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