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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?
(a) That Shawn might be trapped inside himself.
(b) That Shawn is their youngest child.
(c) That Shawn does not resemble Sydney at all.
(d) That Shawn's intelligence is so much lower than his own.

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

3. In Chapter 12, what is Paul's punishment?
(a) Detention.
(b) Revocation of driving privileges.
(c) Weeding the rock garden.
(d) No allowance for a week.

4. When Shawn's mother has coffee with her friend Connie and they talk about his father leaving, where is Shawn?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) At the window overlooking Puget Sound.
(d) At school.

5. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 12, who or what is dead?
(a) Shawn.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Hope.
(d) Sydney.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, what is Paul being punished for?

3. According to Shawn in Chapter 8, when does his father seem to feel the closest to Shawn?

4. What kind of prize does his father win?

5. According to the discussion between Shawn's parents the last time that Shawn's father feeds him, who does not believe in God?

(see the answer key)

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