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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Shawn interact with Cindy while having an out-of-body experience?
(a) Shawn yells in her ear.
(b) Shawn touches her hand and thanks her.
(c) Shawn kisses her cheek.
(d) Shawn sits next to her at the beach.

2. In the stanza of the poem in Chapter 6, what part of Shawn's body shows signs of trouble?
(a) His head.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His neck.
(d) His mouth.

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

4. When Shawn has an "autonomic, uncontrollable systemic reflex" during a seizure, what is Shawn doing?
(a) Urinating.
(b) Contracting his muscles.
(c) Breathing rapidly.
(d) Laughing.

5. In Chapter 6 Shawn describes his seizures as being like what?
(a) A miracle.
(b) An adventure movie.
(c) A dream.
(d) A nightmare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What control does Shawn have over his body?

2. What does Shawn do at the end of the dream about Ally?

3. When Shawn tells Ally that he loves her, what word or phrase does he almost add?

4. What is cerebral palsy?

5. In the dream about Ally, where are Ally and Shawn sitting?

(see the answer key)

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