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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 the dream about Ally, where are Ally and Shawn sitting?
(a) On top of one of the tallest peaks of the Cascades.
(b) In the nosebleed seats of the Key Arena.
(c) On top of the Space Needle.
(d) In the middle of a sunrise.

2. What kind of tournament is Paul entering with his teammates?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Softball.
(c) La Crosse.
(d) Karate.

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

4. After the fight, who tells the strangers that they need to leave the yard?
(a) Ally.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Paul.
(d) Lindy.

5. Who is going to watch Paul's team in the tournament?
(a) Mom and Cindy.
(b) Paul's friends.
(c) Mom, Cindy, and Cindy's friends.
(d) Cindy, Ally, and the rest of her friends.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cindy call Earl Detraux?

3. When Shawn starts watching The Alice Ponds Show and Dad and Cindy come on the screen, what happens?

4. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 10, what has become a "meringue of dust"?

5. Why is Shawn glad that Ally leaves before he got up?

Short Essay Questions

1. On The Alice Ponds Show, there is a clip of an interview between Sydney McDaniel and Earl Detraux. What does Earl Detraux look like and what is his demeanor?

2. 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?

3. What are some of the things in Chapter 10 that Shawn remembers about his mother from over the years that make him feel loved?

4. Why does Shawn say in Chapter 12 that he never loved or feared his brother more than at one particular moment the previous summer?

5. On The Alice Ponds Show, what is Alice Ponds' goal while interviewing Sydney McDaniel.

6. What does Shawn try to tell his father over and over again in Chapter 16, and why?

7. Why is Vonda excited to meet Shawn's father?

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

9. 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?

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

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