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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what is Paul's punishment?
(a) Revocation of driving privileges.
(b) Detention.
(c) Weeding the rock garden.
(d) No allowance for a week.

2. In the stanza of the poem at the beginning of Chapter 15, what is falling?
(a) Wings.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Angels.
(d) Birds.

3. In Chapter 14, who refers to Shawn as "baby boy"?
(a) Shawn's father.
(b) Shawn's mother.
(c) The angels.
(d) Shawn.

4. The peace usually lasts how long between Paul and his father?
(a) No more than a few days.
(b) No more than a few months.
(c) Until his father starts a new project.
(d) No longer than spring training.

5. Why does Shawn mention women in a Maxfield Parrish painting?
(a) Ally resembles one of those women.
(b) The painting is visible to him when he lies in bed.
(c) It is his favorite painting.
(d) It is a bad omen that the painting fell off the wall in his mother's room.

6. After Shawn's father sits on Shawn's oversized crib, what does he put in his lap?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A quilt.
(c) A mobile.
(d) Shawn.

7. What item is not in Shawn's father's bedroom?
(a) A photograph of Shawn, his parents, and his siblings.
(b) A photograph of Shawn's sister.
(c) A photograph of Shawn.
(d) A poster from the science center.

8. In Chapter 12, while Shawn is outside on the front porch, what is the origin of the strong smell of fumes?
(a) The van.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) A cigarette lighter.
(d) The grill.

9. What happens during the commercial after the interview of Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show?
(a) The electricity goes off.
(b) A bird files into the closed family room window.
(c) Shawn has a seizure.
(d) The family room is silent.

10. In Chapter 13, to whom does Shawn's dad say that he is not interested in taking the wheelchair for a ride?
(a) To the cameraman from PBS.
(b) To the producer of The Alice Ponds Show.
(c) To the guy in the green Science Center polo shirt.
(d) To William.

11. On The Alice Ponds Show, what does Sydney McDaniel claim kills Collin?
(a) A seizure.
(b) His father.
(c) The medical establishment.
(d) His medical condition coupled with a poor quality of life.

12. In the dream about Ally, where are Ally and Shawn sitting?
(a) In the nosebleed seats of the Key Arena.
(b) On top of one of the tallest peaks of the Cascades.
(c) On top of the Space Needle.
(d) In the middle of a sunrise.

13. What does Shawn explain at the end of the angel dream?
(a) I am not an angel!
(b) Angels aren't real!
(c) I don't want to be an angel!
(d) I don't want to die!

14. When Shawn tells Ally that he loves her, what word or phrase does he almost add?
(a) Because you are so beautiful.
(b) Always and forever.
(c) Darling.
(d) Ally.

15. According to Shawn in Chapter 10, what does it mean when his mother sounds overly positive?
(a) She is lying to herself.
(b) She is trying to make the best of a situation.
(c) She is lying to her children.
(d) It's bad news.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cindy call Earl Detraux?

2. Why is Shawn glad that Ally leaves before he got up?

3. Who believes that kids like Shawn and their families need more than the Special Olympics?

4. How old is Earl Detraux's son?

5. When Shawn starts watching The Alice Ponds Show and Dad and Cindy come on the screen, what happens?

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