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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While making the PBS Special at Shawn's classroom, Sydney McDaniel claims that people will not place ineducable children where?
(a) Low quality foster care.
(b) Impersonal group homes or institutions.
(c) Expensive hospices.
(d) Expensive hospitals.

2. According to Shawn in Chapter 7, how does the "proven scientific method for judging such things" classify Shawn?
(a) As a handicapped person with a brain disorder.
(b) As an idiot, moron, or celery stalk.
(c) As a brain-injured person with cerebral palsy.
(d) As a disabled person with cerebral palsy.

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

4. In the stanza of the poem in Chapter 6, what part of Shawn's body shows signs of trouble?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His mouth.
(c) His head.
(d) His neck.

5. What gives Shawn a chill as his father is leaving his classroom after filming footage for the PBS Special?
(a) A sudden gust of cold air.
(b) The words, "...end his pain."
(c) A screeching bird that files in through the window.
(d) Something in his father's expression.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word or concept is confusing to Shawn until he sees it written out?

3. How many talk shows does Sydney appear on because of the poem?

4. When first describing the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped Special Education Program that he attends, how does Shawn describe the class?

5. What does Shawn think about the city in which he lives?

(see the answer key)

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