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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago was the premiere reading of the poem that was written about Shawn?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Two years.

2. What does Dad think the crow might do to Shawn?
(a) Give him lice.
(b) Peck his eyes out.
(c) Leave droppings on his clothes.
(d) Infect him with disease.

3. What does Shawn's father always do to Shawn when he comes to visit?
(a) Bends his thumbs backward.
(b) Makes Shawn sit up straighter in his wheelchair.
(c) Reads the first stanza of the award-winning poem.
(d) Brings a vanilla cookie.

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

5. What room do Cindy and her friends sleep in when there is a sleepover?
(a) The guest room.
(b) The living room.
(c) Cindy's room.
(d) The family room.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 9, what is the ghost bird replacing?

2. Who is Paul?

3. How is Sydney McDaniel introduced on The Alice Ponds Show?

4. In Chapter 8, what do the doctors say is "almost impossible?"

5. What does Cindy call Earl Detraux?

(see the answer key)

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