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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase is confusing to Shawn at first because of his lack of experience?
(a) Turkey dressing.
(b) Chicken soup.
(c) Postal worker.
(d) Cigarette drag.

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?
(a) His uncontrollable drooling.
(b) His uncontrollable laughter.
(c) The unpredictablility of the timing of the seizures.
(d) The spasms.

3. What type of audience does The Alice Ponds Show attract?
(a) The type of audience that watches PBS specials.
(b) An educated, boysterous audience.
(c) An uneducated, loud audience.
(d) A wealthy, philanthropic audience.

4. Who flies to Los Angeles to appear on The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) Sydney and Cindy.
(b) Sydney, Cindy and Paul.
(c) Sydney and Lindy.
(d) Sydney, Cindy and Shawn.

5. Shawn especially enjoys interacting with Becky when she places him where every day?
(a) In the standing contraption.
(b) Back in his wheelchair.
(c) On the beanbag chair.
(d) On the large, mysteriously stained couch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gathers with Shawn to watch his father's episode of The Alice Ponds Show?

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

3. In Chapter 6 Shawn describes his seizures as being like what?

4. Why did Shawn think that he understood what death looked like before the dog died?

5. What does Shawn consider the bad part of his seizures?

(see the answer key)

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