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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What control does Shawn have over his body?
(a) Shawn can bounce his head.
(b) Shawn can control his eyes.
(c) Shawn cannot control any of his muscles or functions.
(d) Shawn can control his left finger and tap out Morse code.

2. What do Cindy's friends do in front of Shawn that he sees as a "silver lining?"
(a) They romp in the next room.
(b) They make sure to whisper their most private secrets so he cannot hear.
(c) When they include him in conversations, they shout at him.
(d) They act as though Shawn is blind and deaf.

3. What does Dad throw at the crow?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A paperback book.
(c) A glass of iced tea.
(d) A bucket of ice cubes.

4. When Shawn's mother has coffee with her friend Connie and they talk about his father leaving, where is Shawn?
(a) At the window overlooking Puget Sound.
(b) In the dining room.
(c) At school.
(d) In the kitchen.

5. Faced with the crow, Dad compares Shawn's helplessness to what?
(a) A feather.
(b) A worm.
(c) A baby.
(d) A bug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the dog's eyes?

2. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 10, what has become a "meringue of dust"?

3. What is Shawn's bad news?

4. When Sydney becomes famous for the poem, what famous person does he meet?

5. While making the PBS Special at Shawn's classroom, Sydney McDaniel claims that people will not place ineducable children where?

(see the answer key)

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