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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the school district send out a school psychologist each year?
(a) Because Shawn is diagnosed as psychologically damaged.
(b) To administer tests to Shawn for IEPs.
(c) To satisfy the standardized test requirement.
(d) Because Shawn must pass the test before being promoted.

2. In Chapter 8, what idea is more confusing to Shawn because he knows that his father loves him?
(a) That his father left the family.
(b) That his father makes money from being his father.
(c) That his father might kill him without being sure it is the right thing to do.
(d) That his father divorced his mother.

3. Why does Shawn say that he doesn't really have a body?
(a) Because he has cerebral palsy.
(b) Because his body doesn't work right.
(c) Because he has never been able to see what he looks like.
(d) Because his life has always just been in his head.

4. At what location does the premiere reading of the poem that was written about Shawn take place?
(a) The Seattle Center for the Arts.
(b) The Trolley Museum.
(c) The Kendell mansion.
(d) The White House.

5. In Chapter 5, during the "amazingly loud" applause, who flinches?
(a) The young waiter.
(b) Shawn.
(c) Sydney.
(d) The reporter.

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

7. What can really bum out Shawn sometimes?
(a) Thinking about how his condition affects his family.
(b) Feeling sorry for himself.
(c) Being talked to like a newborn baby.
(d) Being unable to communicate.

8. How does Shawn's mother describe Sydney to Connie?
(a) As a prize-winning journalist narcissist.
(b) As a literary genius who has issues.
(c) As cowardly and weak.
(d) As a wonderful teacher without patience.

9. How much money does Sydney McDaniel claim it takes to educate each ineducable child in Seattle?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(b) Twenty-five thousand dollars per year per child.
(c) Thirty-five thousand dollars per year per child.
(d) A million dollars per decade.

10. What does Shawn try not to do too much?
(a) Think about what his mother says about him to others.
(b) Complain to himself.
(c) Think about being stuck at home.
(d) Complain about his reflexes.

11. How does Shawn interact with his mother while having an out-of-body experience?
(a) Shawn sits next to her at the beach.
(b) Shawn yells in her ear.
(c) Shawn touches her hand and thanks her.
(d) Shawn kisses her cheek.

12. How does Mom try to comfort Cindy about the dog?
(a) By crying along with Cindy.
(b) By handing her a box of tissues.
(c) By mentioning that many people believe in life after death.
(d) By wiping the tears from her face.

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

14. In the stanza of the poem in Chapter 6, what part of Shawn's body shows signs of trouble?
(a) His head.
(b) His neck.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His mouth.

15. What happens in Chapter 7 when Shawn and his father are right in front of the camera?
(a) His father notices Shawn nuzzling Becky.
(b) Shawn falls out of his wheelchair.
(c) The cameraman trips over one of the ambulatory students.
(d) Shawn has a seizure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Shawn awakens from a seizure?

2. What does the crow do that startles Shawn and his father?

3. In Chapter 7, why is it necessary to file an incident report?

4. How many people attend the premiere reading of the poem?

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

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