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

5. Shawn values the experience of having seizures so much that he would trade what in order to continue having seizures?
(a) The ability to read.
(b) His special gift.
(c) His wheelchair.
(d) The lives of his immediate family.

6. What can be frustrating to Shawn?
(a) Being talked to like a newborn baby.
(b) Being trapped inside a useless body.
(c) His reflexes.
(d) That he is pretty sure his father is planning to kill him.

7. What phrase is still confusing to Shawn?
(a) Keep on trucking.
(b) Car wash.
(c) Door bell.
(d) Kitty Hawk.

8. When Sydney becomes famous for the poem, what famous person does he meet?
(a) The Dalai Llama.
(b) The governor.
(c) The pope.
(d) The mayor.

9. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 8, what is the main question being asked?
(a) Why is this happening?
(b) How long must we wait?
(c) What is wrong?
(d) Who is in there?

10. Why did Shawn think that he understood what death looked like before the dog died?
(a) He had seen people "die" on television.
(b) He had read books in which people died and he has a good imagination.
(c) Because he heard his mother describe he death of a relative.
(d) Because his hospital roommate died when he was seven.

11. What control does Shawn have over his body?
(a) Shawn can bounce his head.
(b) Shawn can control his left finger and tap out Morse code.
(c) Shawn can control his eyes.
(d) Shawn cannot control any of his muscles or functions.

12. According to the conversation that Lindy has with her friend Connie, what aspect of Shawn's condition bothers Sydney the most?
(a) That Shawn does not resemble Sydney at all.
(b) That Shawn's intelligence is so much lower than his own.
(c) That Shawn is their youngest child.
(d) That Shawn might be trapped inside himself.

13. What color are the dog's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

14. At the premiere reading of the poem, who is referred to as "Bing-Bong"?
(a) The first speaker.
(b) Shawn.
(c) A fictitious character in the poem.
(d) The woman with the huge breasts.

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