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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, Cindy admits to feeling guilty about what?
(a) Ever complaining.
(b) Hurting Shawn's feelings.
(c) Yelling at her mother when she is frustrated.
(d) Going on The Alice Ponds Show.

2. What does Shawn's father always do to Shawn when he comes to visit?
(a) Brings a vanilla cookie.
(b) Bends his thumbs backward.
(c) Reads the first stanza of the award-winning poem.
(d) Makes Shawn sit up straighter in his wheelchair.

3. During the doozy of a seizure that Shawn has during the Alice Ponds Show, what does Shawn experience?
(a) Confusion and angst.
(b) Abject terror.
(c) Pure joy.
(d) Absolute peace.

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

5. During the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, what happens?
(a) Shawn coughs food into his father's face.
(b) Shawn spits up formula on his father's shirt.
(c) Shawn throws the spoon across the room.
(d) Shawn's mother breaks dishes in the sink.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what is Paul's punishment?

2. How old is Shawn when his father feeds him for the last time?

3. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?

4. Cindy says something on the Alice Ponds Show that Paul calls "classic." What does she say?

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

(see the answer key)

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