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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Shawn in Chapter 10, what does it mean when his mother sounds overly positive?
(a) She is lying to her children.
(b) It's bad news.
(c) She is lying to herself.
(d) She is trying to make the best of a situation.

2. Who teaches Shawn to read?
(a) Shawn's father.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Paul.
(d) Shawn's mother.

3. When Shawn describes his seizures in great detail, according to him what is it about his seizures that is especially irritating to his family?
(a) His uncontrollable laughter.
(b) The spasms.
(c) The unpredictablility of the timing of the seizures.
(d) His uncontrollable drooling.

4. What is newsworthy about Collin?
(a) He has a special motorized wheelchair.
(b) He appears in a PBS Special about disabled children.
(c) He appears on the Alice Ponds show.
(d) He is smothered.

5. What is Shawn's bed like at home?
(a) A steel crib.
(b) An electric hospital bed.
(c) An oversized crib.
(d) A toddler bed in the shape of a race car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows Shawn to witness the dog's moment of death?

2. According to Chapter 1, what is Bell Town?

3. From what does the seizure medicine protect Shawn?

4. In the stanza of the poem at the beginning of Chapter 7, Shawn's expression is described as what?

5. Who is going to watch Paul's team in the tournament?

(see the answer key)

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