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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Shawn's father sits on his oversized crib, what does he do to Shawn?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Smothers him with a pillow.
(c) Smothers him with a quilt.
(d) Bends his thumbs into right angles.

2. In the interview when Alice Ponds mentions voluntary euthanasia, what is she implying?
(a) That her studio audience does not understand the topic.
(b) That all types of euthanasia are the same.
(c) That Sydney is off-topic.
(d) That children are not the same as adults.

3. What are the first word or words that Shawn's father has ever heard Shawn speak?
(a) Dad, it's me.
(b) Dad.
(c) Dad, I'm okay.
(d) Hey, come here.

4. At the end of Chapter 9, what suddenly matters a lot to Shawn?
(a) Whether or not dying stops everything.
(b) Not knowing what comes next.
(c) If Ally likes him.
(d) If Cindy goes away to college.

5. Which of the following comments does Shawn's father NOT make to Shawn in the angel dream?
(a) I need you to know...
(b) I lost you.
(c) I left you.
(d) You're gone.

6. What does Shawn say interferes with his ability to secure a close, intimate relationship with a girl?
(a) Inability to control his involuntary muscles.
(b) Inability to control his voluntary muscles.
(c) Incontinence.
(d) Inability to communicate.

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

8. Cindy says something on the Alice Ponds Show that Paul calls "classic." What does she say?
(a) I'd be lost without him.
(b) I go there often.
(c) Which brother?
(d) Do I know you?

9. In Chapter 11, what does Paul give Shawn while his mother is not looking?
(a) A piece of a chocolate chip cookie.
(b) A photograph of Ally.
(c) A piece of a chip.
(d) A dribble of soft drink from a straw.

10. What does Shawn's father say he did, night after night, when Shawn was born?
(a) Pray.
(b) Rage against the truth.
(c) Sink into a depression.
(d) Cry.

11. Who is initially confused in the dream about the angels?
(a) The baby.
(b) The angel.
(c) His father.
(d) Shawn.

12. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 10, what has become a "meringue of dust"?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Words.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Ideas.

13. How old is Earl Detraux's son?
(a) Three years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Four years old.
(d) Two years old.

14. Who gathers with Shawn to watch his father's episode of The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) Mom and Paul.
(b) Lindy, Cindy, and Paul.
(c) Cindy and Paul.
(d) The extended McDaniel family.

15. What does Cindy call Earl Detraux?
(a) A selfish, self centered creep.
(b) A monster.
(c) A mad scientist.
(d) A crazed publicity seeker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 11, what is the overriding image or message?

3. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 9, what is the ghost bird replacing?

4. Shawn's father's house can be described as what?

5. On The Alice Ponds Show, what does Sydney McDaniel claim kills Collin?

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