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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Shawn's good news?
(a) He lives in a cool city.
(b) He has siblings who are pretty cool.
(c) All anwers are correct.
(d) He has a gift.

2. What control does Shawn have over his body?
(a) Shawn cannot control any of his muscles or functions.
(b) Shawn can bounce his head.
(c) Shawn can control his eyes.
(d) Shawn can control his left finger and tap out Morse code.

3. How old is Becky, one of the teacher assistants?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Thirty.

4. In Chapter 5 when Shawn's mother dresses him up, what does Shawn object to wearing?
(a) A white shirt.
(b) Dress shoes.
(c) A bow tie.
(d) Dark slacks.

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

6. What is cerebral palsy?
(a) A disease.
(b) An inability to control movement.
(c) An inability to vocalize.
(d) A condition.

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

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

9. How old is Shawn when his gift first starts?
(a) Nine or ten.
(b) Three or Four.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Six or seven

10. What color are the dog's eyes?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

11. Why did Shawn think that he understood what death looked like before the dog died?
(a) Because he heard his mother describe he death of a relative.
(b) He had seen people "die" on television.
(c) He had read books in which people died and he has a good imagination.
(d) Because his hospital roommate died when he was seven.

12. When first describing the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped Special Education Program that he attends, how does Shawn describe the class?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A refuge.
(c) An oasis.
(d) A circus.

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

14. Which classroom staff members at the school does Shawn like the best?
(a) William and Mrs. Hare.
(b) Becky and Mrs. Hare.
(c) Mrs. Hare and the kitchen aid.
(d) William and Becky.

15. 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?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Smart.
(c) Wise.
(d) Successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the discussion between Shawn's parents the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, who does not believe in God?

2. What is Shawn's birth order?

3. According to Shawn in Chapter 8, when does his father seem to feel the closest to Shawn?

4. How does Shawn's father talk to him?

5. What does Mom say to Cindy when she gets back in the van?

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