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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Shawn when his gift first starts?
(a) Three or Four.
(b) Nine or ten.
(c) Six or seven
(d) Five or six.

2. 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 talks to him in an age-appropriate way, but then laughs as though at a joke.
(d) He speaks in baby-talk.

3. During the premiere reading of the poem, where is Shawn sitting?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) Next to his mother.
(c) In the living room.
(d) Next to his father.

4. What is Shawn's good news?
(a) He lives in a cool city.
(b) He has siblings who are pretty cool.
(c) All anwers are correct.
(d) He has a gift.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 is written from what point of view ?

2. What does Shawn think about the city in which he lives?

3. What does the crow do that startles Shawn and his father?

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

5. Who is Paul?

(see the answer key)

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