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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Shawn the week before his father comes by the house?
(a) Shawn is in the backyard.
(b) Shawn is in the television room.
(c) Shawn is in the living room.
(d) Shawn is on the back deck of the house.

2. What does Dad think the crow might do to Shawn?
(a) Peck his eyes out.
(b) Leave droppings on his clothes.
(c) Give him lice.
(d) Infect him with disease.

3. Shawn, Cindy, and Paul all know what when it comes to their father?
(a) Their father is absent much of the time so there is little motivation for him to kill Shawn.
(b) He is too cowardly to ever hurt Shawn.
(c) Paul is stronger then his father, so Shawn is safe.
(d) No one can protect Shawn from him.

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

5. What do the ruffians do to Shawn?
(a) They dump him out of his wheelchair.
(b) They burn him.
(c) They stab the tires of his wheelchair.
(d) They squirt him with a hose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faced with the crow, Dad compares Shawn's helplessness to what?

2. How does Shawn's father talk to him?

3. When Shawn's mother has coffee with her friend Connie and they talk about his father leaving, where is Shawn?

4. How does Shawn's mother describe Sydney to Connie?

5. What does the crow do that startles Shawn and his father?

(see the answer key)

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