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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a happy memory for Shawn?
(a) Winky, winky, winky.
(b) The morning paper hitting the porch.
(c) The thump of Cindy's feet as she runs up the stairs.
(d) The ring of the telephone.

2. What does Shawn say interferes with his ability to secure a close, intimate relationship with a girl?
(a) Inability to control his voluntary muscles.
(b) Incontinence.
(c) Inability to communicate.
(d) Inability to control his involuntary muscles.

3. What does Shawn's father say he did, night after night, when Shawn was born?
(a) Sink into a depression.
(b) Rage against the truth.
(c) Pray.
(d) Cry.

4. Shawn's father's house can be described as what?
(a) A typical suburban home in Seattle.
(b) A home befitting a Pulitzer Prize winner.
(c) A simple two-story house.
(d) Surrounded by a cherry orchard.

5. During the doozy of a seizure that Shawn has during the Alice Ponds Show, what does Shawn experience?
(a) Confusion and angst.
(b) Abject terror.
(c) Absolute peace.
(d) Pure joy.

6. In Chapter 12, what is Paul being punished for?
(a) Taking the car without permission.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Bad grades.
(d) Coming in too late the night before.

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

8. What item is not in Shawn's father's bedroom?
(a) A poster from the science center.
(b) A photograph of Shawn's sister.
(c) A photograph of Shawn.
(d) A photograph of Shawn, his parents, and his siblings.

9. What kind of perfume does Shawn remember his mother wearing?
(a) Opium.
(b) Joy.
(c) Chanel No. 5.
(d) Charlie.

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

11. What do the ruffians do to Shawn?
(a) They burn him.
(b) They dump him out of his wheelchair.
(c) They stab the tires of his wheelchair.
(d) They squirt him with a hose.

12. When Shawn tells Ally that he loves her, what word or phrase does he almost add?
(a) Ally.
(b) Because you are so beautiful.
(c) Darling.
(d) Always and forever.

13. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 10, what has become a "meringue of dust"?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Words.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Ideas.

14. What shocks Shawn while he is dreaming about the angels?
(a) That his father thinks he is an angel.
(b) That he and his father are actually talking.
(c) That his father sees him.
(d) That he can hear his own voice.

15. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 9, what is the ghost bird replacing?
(a) A heart.
(b) Healing.
(c) Joy.
(d) A real bird.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the fight, who tells the strangers that they need to leave the yard?

3. What kind of tournament is Paul entering with his teammates?

4. According to Shawn, how often does Shawn visit his father's house?

5. When his father comes into Shawn's room, perhaps to kill him, how does Shawn feel?

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