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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase is confusing to Shawn at first because of his lack of experience?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Turkey dressing.
(c) Cigarette drag.
(d) Postal worker.

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

3. What does Shawn hear as they first drive off in the van after the accident?
(a) The crunch of gravel.
(b) Silence.
(c) Crying.
(d) A siren.

4. How long ago was the premiere reading of the poem that was written about Shawn?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

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

6. What is Shawn's bad news?
(a) His parents got divorced because of him.
(b) Being born changed life for the whole family.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) He is a total "retardate."

7. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?
(a) That Shawn does not resemble Sydney at all.
(b) That Shawn might be trapped inside himself.
(c) That Shawn is their youngest child.
(d) That Shawn's intelligence is so much lower than his own.

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

9. In Chapter 6 Shawn describes his seizures as being like what?
(a) An adventure movie.
(b) A dream.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) A miracle.

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

11. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 8, what is the main question being asked?
(a) How long must we wait?
(b) Who is in there?
(c) What is wrong?
(d) Why is this happening?

12. What does Mom say to Cindy when she gets back in the van?
(a) Your t-shirt is ruined.
(b) I'm sorry you had to see this.
(c) I believe in life after death.
(d) That car left the scene of the accident.

13. What does Shawn think about death?
(a) Death is the exactly the opposite of of what Cindy says it is.
(b) Death is peaceful.
(c) Death is a big fat nothing.
(d) Death will put him out of his misery.

14. When Shawn has an "autonomic, uncontrollable systemic reflex" during a seizure, what is Shawn doing?
(a) Contracting his muscles.
(b) Urinating.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Breathing rapidly.

15. What word or concept is confusing to Shawn until he sees it written out?
(a) Euthanasia.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Bow legged.
(d) Lighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Paul?

2. According to Shawn in Chapter 7, how does the "proven scientific method for judging such things" classify Shawn?

3. At what location does the premiere reading of the poem that was written about Shawn take place?

4. What does Shawn consider the bad part of his seizures?

5. During the premiere reading of the poem, where is Shawn sitting?

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