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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the pain that Dad speaks of wanting to end for Shawn?
(a) The pain associated with bleeding in the brain.
(b) The pain of muscle spasms.
(c) The pain of grand mal seizures.
(d) The pain of knowing a loveless life.

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

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

4. What does Shawn not know at the time that he sees the dog killed?
(a) That there is an afterlife.
(b) That death is painless.
(c) That death is a part of the cycle of life.
(d) That his father might be planning his own death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Shawn awakens from a seizure?

2. What are Shawn's main teachers in life?

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

4. At what location does the premiere reading of the poem that was written about Shawn take place?

5. According to Chapter 1, what is Bell Town?

(see the answer key)

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