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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shawn think about the city in which he lives?
(a) It's cool beyond belief.
(b) It's too rainy.
(c) It's not sunny enough.
(d) It's wild to live near so many sports teams.

2. Why is Dad enraged and fearful after the experience with the crow?
(a) Because his ex-wife left Shawn alone with him.
(b) Because he realizes that Shawn is helpless and impossible to protect.
(c) Because it is humiliating to have to be afraid of a crow.
(d) Because the crow may induce a seizure in Shawn.

3. According to Chapter 1, what is Bell Town?
(a) A store where Sean buys CDs and DVDs.
(b) A hangout a mile from Shawn's home.
(c) A hangout next to the Space Needle.
(d) The unofficial former Grunge Capital of the universe.

4. How does Shawn's father talk to him?
(a) He does not talk to Shawn directly.
(b) He shouts as though Shawn is deaf.
(c) He speaks in baby-talk.
(d) He talks to him in an age-appropriate way, but then laughs as though at a joke.

5. When Sydney becomes famous for the poem, what famous person does he meet?
(a) The Dalai Llama.
(b) The governor.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What control does Shawn have over his body?

2. What does Shawn try not to do too much?

3. What phrase is confusing to Shawn at first because of his lack of experience?

4. What do Shawn's eyes tend to focus on?

5. Shawn thinks that his father does love him, although he is freaked out by what?

(see the answer key)

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