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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two ruffians asking about for when they threaten Shawn?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Money.
(c) The bus.
(d) Drugs.

2. What kind of perfume does Shawn remember his mother wearing?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Chanel No. 5.
(c) Opium.
(d) Joy.

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

4. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 9, what is the ghost bird replacing?
(a) A heart.
(b) Healing.
(c) Joy.
(d) A real bird.

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

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

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

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

9. Who flies to Los Angeles to appear on The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) Sydney, Cindy and Paul.
(b) Sydney, Cindy and Shawn.
(c) Sydney and Cindy.
(d) Sydney and Lindy.

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

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

12. What room do Cindy and her friends sleep in when there is a sleepover?
(a) The living room.
(b) The guest room.
(c) Cindy's room.
(d) The family room.

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

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

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

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

3. What happens during the commercial after the interview of Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show?

4. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 12, who or what is dead?

5. In Chapter 12, what is Paul's punishment?

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