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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who gathers with Shawn to watch his father's episode of The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) Lindy, Cindy, and Paul.
(b) Cindy and Paul.
(c) The extended McDaniel family.
(d) Mom and Paul.

3. While "twisting through the universe" in Chapter 13, what is Shawn's favorite part of the experience?
(a) Hearing songs, melodies and symphonies in his head.
(b) The feeling of his dad's arms holding him.
(c) Being surrounded by Paul and Cindy's laughter.
(d) Having Ally flying at his side.

4. What is the most notable difference between Shawn's father and Earl Detraux?
(a) Education.
(b) Age.
(c) Income.
(d) Compassion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 8, what is the main question being asked?

2. When Shawn's mother has coffee with her friend Connie and they talk about his father leaving, where is Shawn?

3. What word or concept is confusing to Shawn until he sees it written out?

4. According to the interview of Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show, what is his quality of life like currently?

5. While making the PBS Special at Shawn's classroom, Sydney McDaniel claims that people will not place ineducable children where?

(see the answer key)

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