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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) No allowance for a week.
(b) Weeding the rock garden.
(c) Detention.
(d) Revocation of driving privileges.

2. What do the ruffians do to Shawn?
(a) They burn him.
(b) They stab the tires of his wheelchair.
(c) They squirt him with a hose.
(d) They dump him out of his wheelchair.

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

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

5. According to the interview of Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show, what is his quality of life like currently?
(a) His life is in shambles because his wife left him.
(b) His life is meaningless without his son.
(c) His life is fine as long as other people stay out of his way.
(d) His life is somewhat like Scout camp.

6. In Chapter 12, what is Paul being punished for?
(a) Bad grades.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Taking the car without permission.
(d) Coming in too late the night before.

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

8. How is Sydney McDaniel introduced on The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) As a man who is considering the murder of his own child.
(b) As a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author.
(c) As a parent who kills.
(d) As a prize-winning writer who can explain the nature of pure evil.

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

10. When his father comes into Shawn's room, perhaps to kill him, how does Shawn feel?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Happy.
(c) Calm.
(d) Confused.

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

12. While at the Pacific Science Center, Shawn indicates someone "looks a lot more 'mad' back then." Who is Shawn referring to?
(a) Alice Ponds.
(b) Sydney McDaniel.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Earl Detraux.

13. When does Paul realize what he is doing with the lighter?
(a) When Cindy screams in his face.
(b) When Shawn goes into a seizure.
(c) When the lighter fails to ignite.
(d) When their mother opens the back door.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Shawn, how often does Shawn visit his father's house?

2. Who is referred to as being trapped at Shawn's house all night?

3. What happens at the very end of chapter 16?

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

5. What do Cindy's friends do in front of Shawn that he sees as a "silver lining?"

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