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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Paul gets on the bus with his teammates to go to what destination?
(a) Redmond.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Walla Walla.
(d) Spokane.

3. How far away from Cindy and her friends is Shawn usually sitting before he is put to bed?
(a) Fifteen feet away.
(b) One room away.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Close enough to hear all but whispered secrets.

4. According to the interview of Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show, what does Earl seem to think was significant about Collin's behavior while he was dying?
(a) He did not make a sound.
(b) He did not open his eyes.
(c) He died quickly and silently.
(d) He did not struggle.

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

6. Right before bed in Chapter 14, how is Shawn feeling?
(a) Exhilarated.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Happy.

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

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

9. How does Shawn feel after meeting Ally?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Hot and tingling.
(c) His stomach aches.
(d) Dizzy.

10. What does the reader know for sure Vonda has in her purse?
(a) Glitter.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) Shawn's father's book.

11. Shawn's father's house can be described as what?
(a) Surrounded by a cherry orchard.
(b) A home befitting a Pulitzer Prize winner.
(c) A simple two-story house.
(d) A typical suburban home in Seattle.

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

13. Who believes that kids like Shawn and their families need more than the Special Olympics?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Earl.
(c) Paul.
(d) Cindy.

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

15. Who is referred to as being trapped at Shawn's house all night?
(a) Vonda.
(b) The bird.
(c) Shawn.
(d) Dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, Shawn cannot stop thinking about his father. How long has it been since The Alice Ponds Show?

2. What are the first word or words that Shawn's father has ever heard Shawn speak?

3. When did Shawn's mother get her nickname?

4. What room do Cindy and her friends sleep in when there is a sleepover?

5. According to Shawn, what is a fancy name for babysitting?

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