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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. In Chapter 8, what do the doctors say is "almost impossible?"
(a) That Shawn's IQ will change.
(b) That Shawn is aware.
(c) That Shawn will be cured of seizures.
(d) That Shawn will recover.

2. What happens when Shawn awakens from a seizure?
(a) He has a crackling feeling.
(b) He sees light blue swirls.
(c) His spirit is forced back inside his body.
(d) He sees red swirls.

3. 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 White House.
(d) The Kendell mansion.

4. From what does the seizure medicine protect Shawn?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Broken bones.
(c) Paralysis.
(d) Muscle spasms.

5. Who teaches Shawn to read?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Shawn's mother.
(c) Paul.
(d) Shawn's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the stanza of the poem in Chapter 6, what part of Shawn's body shows signs of trouble?

2. How does Mom try to comfort Cindy about the dog?

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

4. In Chapter 5, during the "amazingly loud" applause, who flinches?

5. What does Shawn consider the bad part of his seizures?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Shawn first heard people referred to as "vegetables," what types of images did he envision in his head?

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

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

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

5. How does Shawn describe his father?

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

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

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

9. What does the encounter with the crow reveal to Shawn's father, and what thought occurs to him?

10. How does Shawn use the example of George Washington to show the reader that he knows more than he is given credit for?

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