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

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) Fifteen feet away.
(d) Close enough to hear all but whispered secrets.

2. What does Shawn consider the bad part of his seizures?
(a) The paralysis.
(b) The loss of bladder and bowel control.
(c) The muscle contractions.
(d) The loss of consciousness.

3. Shawn thinks that his father does love him, although he is freaked out by what?
(a) His inability to talk and respond.
(b) Shawn's condition and seizures.
(c) His inability to control his bowels and bladder.
(d) His drooling and head bobbing.

4. In the first verse of the poem that Sydney writes, what animal does he use to refer to Shawn?
(a) A fish.
(b) A crow.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A bird.

5. What allows Shawn to witness the dog's moment of death?
(a) The angle of the open door of the van.
(b) The side window clears for a second.
(c) Cindy picks up the dog.
(d) The front windshield wipers clear the glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What control does Shawn have over his body?

2. What does Shawn think about death?

3. On The Alice Ponds Show, what does Sydney McDaniel claim kills Collin?

4. What room do Cindy and her friends sleep in when there is a sleepover?

5. How much money does Sydney McDaniel claim it takes to educate each ineducable child in Seattle?

(see the answer key)

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