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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of prize does his father win?
(a) Newberry.
(b) Nobel.
(c) Pulitzer.
(d) Emmy.

2. What happens during the commercial after the interview of Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show?
(a) A bird files into the closed family room window.
(b) Shawn has a seizure.
(c) The family room is silent.
(d) The electricity goes off.

3. According to Shawn in Chapter 10, what does it mean when his mother sounds overly positive?
(a) She is lying to her children.
(b) It's bad news.
(c) She is trying to make the best of a situation.
(d) She is lying to herself.

4. How many people attend the premiere reading of the poem?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Two thousand.

5. In Chapter 11, what does Paul give Shawn while his mother is not looking?
(a) A piece of a chip.
(b) A piece of a chocolate chip cookie.
(c) A dribble of soft drink from a straw.
(d) A photograph of Ally.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Shawn the first few times that his spirit leaves his body?

2. Cindy says something on the Alice Ponds Show that Paul calls "classic." What does she say?

3. What does Shawn hear as they first drive off in the van after the accident?

4. How old is Shawn when he learns to read?

5. In the stanza of the poem in Chapter 6, what part of Shawn's body shows signs of trouble?

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