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

2. According to Shawn in Chapter 7, how does the "proven scientific method for judging such things" classify Shawn?
(a) As a disabled person with cerebral palsy.
(b) As an idiot, moron, or celery stalk.
(c) As a handicapped person with a brain disorder.
(d) As a brain-injured person with cerebral palsy.

3. How does Shawn interact with his mother while having an out-of-body experience?
(a) Shawn sits next to her at the beach.
(b) Shawn kisses her cheek.
(c) Shawn yells in her ear.
(d) Shawn touches her hand and thanks her.

4. At what location does the premiere reading of the poem that was written about Shawn take place?
(a) The Seattle Center for the Arts.
(b) The Trolley Museum.
(c) The Kendell mansion.
(d) The White House.

5. In Chapter 7, why is it necessary to file an incident report?
(a) Because William accidentally broke Shawn's arm.
(b) Because William turns out to be cruel.
(c) Because Shawn fell out of his wheelchair.
(d) Because Shawn cracked his skull.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shawn has an "autonomic, uncontrollable systemic reflex" during a seizure, what is Shawn doing?

2. Who is Cindy?

3. What allows Shawn to witness the dog's moment of death?

4. What do Shawn's eyes tend to focus on?

5. What gives Shawn a chill as his father is leaving his classroom after filming footage for the PBS Special?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shawn think that it is cool to live in Seattle?

2. What movements does Shawn's body make and what controls them?

3. What does Shawn's father throw at the crow, and does he hit or miss its target?

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

5. During his last feeding of Shawn, Sydney tells Lindy that he is mad at something other than at Shawn. What is he mad at?

6. How does Shawn describe the tests administered by the school psychologist?

7. How does Shawn describe the first signs that he will have a seizure?

8. What does Shawn consider ironic about his actual intelligence and the assumed level of his intelligence within his class at school?

9. Why does Shawn need medicine to control the seizures?

10. What is the little ritual that Shawn's father performs every time he visits Shawn?

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