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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first verse of the poem that Sydney writes, what animal does he use to refer to Shawn?
(a) A crow.
(b) A bird.
(c) A fish.
(d) A butterfly.

2. In Chapter 11, what does Paul give Shawn while his mother is not looking?
(a) A piece of a chocolate chip cookie.
(b) A dribble of soft drink from a straw.
(c) A piece of a chip.
(d) A photograph of Ally.

3. Who flies to Los Angeles to appear on The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) Sydney, Cindy and Shawn.
(b) Sydney, Cindy and Paul.
(c) Sydney and Lindy.
(d) Sydney and Cindy.

4. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 10, what has become a "meringue of dust"?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Words.
(d) Ideas.

5. Why does Shawn mention women in a Maxfield Parrish painting?
(a) The painting is visible to him when he lies in bed.
(b) Ally resembles one of those women.
(c) It is a bad omen that the painting fell off the wall in his mother's room.
(d) It is his favorite painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which classroom staff members at the school does Shawn like the best?

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

3. What is Earl Detraux doing now?

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

5. What room do Cindy and her friends sleep in when there is a sleepover?

(see the answer key)

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