3. Shawn values the experience of having seizures so much that he would trade what in order to continue having seizures?
(a) The ability to read.
(b) The lives of his immediate family.
(c) His special gift.
(d) His wheelchair.

4. What can be frustrating to Shawn?
(a) Being trapped inside a useless body.
(b) That he is pretty sure his father is planning to kill him.
(c) His reflexes.
(d) Being talked to like a newborn baby.

5. During the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, what happens?
(a) Shawn's mother breaks dishes in the sink.
(b) Shawn throws the spoon across the room.
(c) Shawn coughs food into his father's face.
(d) Shawn spits up formula on his father's shirt.

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

7. 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) Successful.
(b) Smart.
(c) Wise.
(d) Philosophical.

8. What happens when Shawn awakens from a seizure?
(a) He sees red swirls.
(b) He has a crackling feeling.
(c) His spirit is forced back inside his body.
(d) He sees light blue swirls.

9. What does Cindy do when the dog is hit by the car?
(a) Picks up the dog and strokes its face until it dies.
(b) Calls for help on the cell phone.
(c) Swerves and doubles back.
(d) Continues driving.

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

11. Why did Shawn think that he understood what death looked like before the dog died?
(a) He had seen people "die" on television.
(b) Because he heard his mother describe he death of a relative.
(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. What are Shawn's main teachers in life?
(a) His parents.
(b) The television, car radio, overheard conversations, and reading.
(c) His siblings.
(d) Special education teachers.

13. What allows Shawn to witness the dog's moment of death?
(a) The front windshield wipers clear the glass.
(b) Cindy picks up the dog.
(c) The side window clears for a second.
(d) The angle of the open door of the van.

14. How many talk shows does Sydney appear on because of the poem?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Twelve.

15. According to Shawn in Chapter 7, how does the "proven scientific method for judging such things" classify Shawn?
(a) As a handicapped person with a brain disorder.
(b) As a brain-injured person with cerebral palsy.
(c) As a disabled person with cerebral palsy.
(d) As an idiot, moron, or celery stalk.