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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away from Cindy and her friends is Shawn usually sitting before he is put to bed?
(a) One room away.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Close enough to hear all but whispered secrets.
(d) Fifteen feet away.

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

3. What room do Cindy and her friends sleep in when there is a sleepover?
(a) Cindy's room.
(b) The family room.
(c) The guest room.
(d) The living room.

4. What do Shawn's eyes tend to focus on?
(a) Nothing in particular.
(b) What's visible through a window.
(c) A smudge on the wall.
(d) Books left open.

5. What is cerebral palsy?
(a) An inability to control movement.
(b) An inability to vocalize.
(c) A condition.
(d) A disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Shawn interact with his father while having an out-of-body experience?

2. When Shawn describes his seizures in great detail, according to him what is it about his seizures that is especially irritating to his family?

3. What does Dad throw at the crow?

4. Why does Shawn mention women in a Maxfield Parrish painting?

5. When Shawn has an "autonomic, uncontrollable systemic reflex" during a seizure, what is Shawn doing?

(see the answer key)

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