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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Paul?
(a) Shawn's younger brother.
(b) Shawn's older brother.
(c) Shawn's middle brother.
(d) Shawn's cousin.

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

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

4. Why does Shawn say that he loves his seizures?
(a) He is being sarcastic.
(b) They do not hurt.
(c) They made him famous.
(d) They are reality.

5. Who believes that kids like Shawn and their families need more than the Special Olympics?
(a) Paul.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Earl.
(d) Sydney.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from Cindy and her friends is Shawn usually sitting before he is put to bed?

2. What do Cindy's friends do in front of Shawn that he sees as a "silver lining?"

3. Who gathers with Shawn to watch his father's episode of The Alice Ponds Show?

4. What is the pain that Dad speaks of wanting to end for Shawn?

5. What control does Shawn have over his body?

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