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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In Chapter 8, what do the doctors say is "almost impossible?"
(a) That Shawn is aware.
(b) That Shawn's IQ will change.
(c) That Shawn will recover.
(d) That Shawn will be cured of seizures.

3. What phrase is still confusing to Shawn?
(a) Kitty Hawk.
(b) Car wash.
(c) Keep on trucking.
(d) Door bell.

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

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

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

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

8. Where does the crow land?
(a) On the rear-view mirror on his father's car.
(b) On Shawn's spare wheelchair.
(c) On the telephone line in the alley behind the house.
(d) On the railing under the overhanging branches.

9. According to the discussion between Shawn's parents the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, who does not believe in God?
(a) Lindy.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Paul.

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

11. What are Shawn's main teachers in life?
(a) Special education teachers.
(b) His parents.
(c) His siblings.
(d) The television, car radio, overheard conversations, and reading.

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

13. In Shawn's opinion, the fame of the poem turned his father into a professional what?
(a) Talk show guest.
(b) Philanthropist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Victim.

14. What does Shawn think about the city in which he lives?
(a) It's not sunny enough.
(b) It's too rainy.
(c) It's wild to live near so many sports teams.
(d) It's cool beyond belief.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shawn say that he loves his seizures?

2. What does Shawn not know at the time that he sees the dog killed?

3. Shawn especially enjoys interacting with Becky when she places him where every day?

4. Who teaches Shawn to read?

5. In Chapter 5, during the "amazingly loud" applause, who flinches?

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