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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does the seizure medicine protect Shawn?
(a) Muscle spasms.
(b) Broken bones.
(c) Paralysis.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. How does Shawn describe William, one of the teacher assistants?
(a) An incredibly cruel psychopath.
(b) An incredibly strong guy with hairy arms.
(c) An incredibly nice guy.
(d) The guy who broke my arm.

3. When Shawn describes his seizures in great detail, according to him what is it about his seizures that is especially irritating to his family?
(a) The spasms.
(b) His uncontrollable laughter.
(c) The unpredictablility of the timing of the seizures.
(d) His uncontrollable drooling.

4. How does Shawn interact with his mother while having an out-of-body experience?
(a) Shawn sits next to her at the beach.
(b) Shawn yells in her ear.
(c) Shawn touches her hand and thanks her.
(d) Shawn kisses her cheek.

5. How old is Earl Detraux's son?
(a) Four years old.
(b) Two years old.
(c) Five years old.
(d) Three years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Shawn's bed like at home?

2. What is cerebral palsy?

3. In the stanza of the poem in Chapter 6, what part of Shawn's body shows signs of trouble?

4. What does Cindy call Earl Detraux?

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

(see the answer key)

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