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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 happens at the very end of chapter 16?
(a) Shawn has a seizure.
(b) Shawn's father turns away.
(c) Shawn's father lifts the pillow.
(d) Shawn leaves his body.

2. While "twisting through the universe" in Chapter 13, what is Shawn's favorite part of the experience?
(a) Hearing songs, melodies and symphonies in his head.
(b) Having Ally flying at his side.
(c) Being surrounded by Paul and Cindy's laughter.
(d) The feeling of his dad's arms holding him.

3. Which of the following comments does Shawn's father NOT make to Shawn in the angel dream?
(a) I need you to know...
(b) You're gone.
(c) I lost you.
(d) I left you.

4. When Shawn starts watching The Alice Ponds Show and Dad and Cindy come on the screen, what happens?
(a) Shawn has a large seizure and cannot focus on the interview.
(b) The show is interrupted by a special news report about Earl Detraux.
(c) The electricity goes off.
(d) Shawn has a small seizure and cannot focus on the interview.

5. What seems to fall off of the computer screen in Chapter 14?
(a) A feather.
(b) Stars.
(c) A shadow.
(d) A sticky note.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a happy memory for Shawn?

2. Who flies to Los Angeles to appear on The Alice Ponds Show?

3. According to Shawn, what is a fancy name for babysitting?

4. In the interview when Alice Ponds mentions voluntary euthanasia, what is she implying?

5. According to Shawn in Chapter 10, what does it mean when his mother sounds overly positive?

Short Essay Questions

1. After he sees his father's appearance on The Alice Ponds Show, why does Shawn say that he is floating in an ocean of negativity?

2. The morning after Ally spends the night, why does Shawn think that something is wrong?

3. What did Shawn's father do at the Pacific Science Center when Shawn was eight years old?

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

5. What does Shawn think about after viewing the clip of an interview between Sydney McDaniel and Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show?

6. Paul and Shawn's mother have opposite views about Sydney, Shawn's father. Who does Shawn agree with and what is his opinion of his father?

7. How does Shawn react to meeting his sister's friend Ally, and why?

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

9. What is in Shawn's father's bedroom that is reminiscent of the virtual ride through the cosmos at the science center and why is this significant?

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

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