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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Shawn's memory of Christmas when he is six years old, what are Cindy and Paul doing?
(a) Sneaking peaks at their Christmas gifts.
(b) Wrapping Shawn's Christmas present.
(c) Buying Shawn's Christmas gift.
(d) Wrapping Mom's Christmas gift.

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

3. What does Shawn call the robin that he sees on the window sill on Christmas morning when he is six years old?
(a) The Bird Police.
(b) The Christmas Robin.
(c) Caged Bird Singing.
(d) Lady Bird.

4. What is the most notable difference between Shawn's father and Earl Detraux?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Education.
(c) Income.
(d) Age.

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

6. What does Shawn's mother call Cindy and Paul downstairs to discuss the morning after Ally spends the night?
(a) A made-for-television movie.
(b) The murder of a disabled child.
(c) Appearing on a talk show.
(d) The video Shawn's father made at his school.

7. In the chaos of packing to drive to Spokane, who tries to kiss Shawn's forehead?
(a) Mom.
(b) Ally.
(c) Vonda.
(d) Dad.

8. In Chapter 13, Shawn cannot stop thinking about his father. How long has it been since The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) One day.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A week.
(d) Five days.

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

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

11. After the fight, who tells the strangers that they need to leave the yard?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Ally.
(c) Lindy.
(d) Paul.

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

13. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 11, what is the overriding image or message?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) Aloneness.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Blindness.

14. When did Shawn's mother get her nickname?
(a) From one of Shawn's earliest vocalizations.
(b) From his father, after Paul is born.
(c) From her younger brother, who could not pronounce her name as a child.
(d) From his father, before they are married.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Sydney McDaniel introduced on The Alice Ponds Show?

2. What is Earl Detraux doing now?

3. While "twisting through the universe" in Chapter 13, what is Shawn's favorite part of the experience?

4. During the doozy of a seizure that Shawn has during the Alice Ponds Show, what does Shawn experience?

5. What happens to Shawn and his father after his father finishes speaking in Chapter 16?

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