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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On The Alice Ponds Show, what does Sydney McDaniel claim kills Collin?
(a) His medical condition coupled with a poor quality of life.
(b) His father.
(c) A seizure.
(d) The medical establishment.

2. How does Shawn feel after meeting Ally?
(a) Dizzy.
(b) His stomach aches.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Hot and tingling.

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

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

5. What type of audience does The Alice Ponds Show attract?
(a) A wealthy, philanthropic audience.
(b) An uneducated, loud audience.
(c) An educated, boysterous audience.
(d) The type of audience that watches PBS specials.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Earl Detraux's son?

2. What phrase is confusing to Shawn at first because of his lack of experience?

3. In Chapter 8, Shawn says that his father's books, poems, newspaper and magazine articles and his job teaching literature at college always made him think of his father as what?

4. How old is Shawn the first few times that his spirit leaves his body?

5. While "twisting through the universe" in Chapter 13, what is Shawn's favorite part of the experience?

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