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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shawn think about the city in which he lives?
(a) It's wild to live near so many sports teams.
(b) It's not sunny enough.
(c) It's too rainy.
(d) It's cool beyond belief.

2. When Sydney becomes famous for the poem, what famous person does he meet?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The Dalai Llama.
(c) The pope.
(d) The governor.

3. How much money does Sydney McDaniel claim it takes to educate each ineducable child in Seattle?
(a) A million dollars per decade.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(c) Twenty-five thousand dollars per year per child.
(d) Thirty-five thousand dollars per year per child.

4. According to the discussion between Shawn's parents the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, who does not believe in God?
(a) Paul.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Lindy.

5. What is cerebral palsy?
(a) An inability to control movement.
(b) A condition.
(c) A disease.
(d) An inability to vocalize.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shawn get confused about some aspects and experiences of life?

2. How does Shawn's mother describe Sydney to Connie?

3. What can be frustrating to Shawn?

4. What are Shawn's main teachers in life?

5. Why does the school district send out a school psychologist each year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shawn describe his father?

2. How does seeing the death of the dog make Shawn feel?

3. Why does Shawn think that his father is smart?

4. Why does Shawn say that he has looked into death's eyes?

5. How does Sydney McDaniel support his argument that schools waste money educating the ineducable?

6. How does Shawn describe his experience with grand mal seizures as a child?

7. What does Lindy say to her friend Connie about her feelings toward Sydney's abandonment of the family?

8. What "techniques of making contact" does Shawn mention have not been tried on him?

9. What is Shawn able to do when his spirit leaves his body during a seizure?

10. What does Cindy do when the dog is hit by a car?

(see the answer keys)

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