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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. Which of the following is not a happy memory for Shawn?
(a) The morning paper hitting the porch.
(b) The ring of the telephone.
(c) The thump of Cindy's feet as she runs up the stairs.
(d) Winky, winky, winky.

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

3. In Chapter 12, what is Paul being punished for?
(a) Taking the car without permission.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Coming in too late the night before.
(d) Bad grades.

4. Who is initially confused in the dream about the angels?
(a) Shawn.
(b) The angel.
(c) The baby.
(d) His father.

5. What is the most notable difference between Shawn's father and Earl Detraux?
(a) Age.
(b) Income.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Earl Detraux doing now?

2. What does Shawn do at the Pacific Science Center when he is eight?

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

4. What happens at the very end of chapter 16?

5. On The Alice Ponds Show, what does Sydney McDaniel claim kills Collin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which characters are going to Spokane in chapter 13 and why is it significant that they are going?

2. Why is it significant that Shawn's father volunteers to take care of Shawn by himself overnight and sends Vonda home?

3. In Chapter 14, Shawn dreams that his father sees angels. What is the significance of the angels?

4. Shawn looks at his father, who is sitting on the bed apparently considering whether or not he should end Shawn's life. What does he notice about his father's appearance?

5. What is apparent about the relationship between Paul and his father after Paul finds out that his father wants him to go on the Alice Ponds show?

6. While Shawn has a doozy of a seizure during the end of the Alice Ponds show, what does he experience?

7. What does Shawn mean when he says that "invisibility has its advantages" when it comes to girls?

8. What is Sydney McDaniel's definition of parental love, as offered on The Alice Ponds Show?

9. Why does Paul grab Cindy by the shirt front and pull back his fist to hit her?

10. In Chapter 14, why does Shawn fall asleep exhausted at ten o'clock that night?

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