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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the crow land?
(a) On the telephone line in the alley behind the house.
(b) On the railing under the overhanging branches.
(c) On Shawn's spare wheelchair.
(d) On the rear-view mirror on his father's car.

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

3. Cindy says something on the Alice Ponds Show that Paul calls "classic." What does she say?
(a) I'd be lost without him.
(b) I go there often.
(c) Which brother?
(d) Do I know you?

4. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 8, what is the main question being asked?
(a) What is wrong?
(b) Why is this happening?
(c) How long must we wait?
(d) Who is in there?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shawn, Cindy, and Paul all know what when it comes to their father?

2. What kind of prize does his father win?

3. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 12, who or what is dead?

4. After the fight, who tells the strangers that they need to leave the yard?

5. In Chapter 8, what do the doctors say is "almost impossible?"

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