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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, Cindy admits to feeling guilty about what?
(a) Ever complaining.
(b) Going on The Alice Ponds Show.
(c) Hurting Shawn's feelings.
(d) Yelling at her mother when she is frustrated.

2. Who is initially confused in the dream about the angels?
(a) The angel.
(b) His father.
(c) The baby.
(d) Shawn.

3. In the stanza of the poem at the beginning of Chapter 15, what is falling?
(a) Angels.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Birds.
(d) Wings.

4. What happens to Shawn and his father after his father finishes speaking in Chapter 16?
(a) Shawn's father releases their thumbs.
(b) Tears run down both of their cheeks.
(c) They breathe in unison.
(d) They lock eyes.

5. In the dream in Chapter 14, where does Shawn hide?
(a) In the closet.
(b) In the corner of the room.
(c) Behind the door.
(d) Just outside in the hall.

6. Shawn, Cindy, and Paul all know what when it comes to their father?
(a) He is too cowardly to ever hurt Shawn.
(b) Their father is absent much of the time so there is little motivation for him to kill Shawn.
(c) No one can protect Shawn from him.
(d) Paul is stronger then his father, so Shawn is safe.

7. What does the reader know for sure Vonda has in her purse?
(a) Shawn's father's book.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) Glitter.

8. When did Shawn's mother get her nickname?
(a) From one of Shawn's earliest vocalizations.
(b) From her younger brother, who could not pronounce her name as a child.
(c) From his father, after Paul is born.
(d) From his father, before they are married.

9. Cindy says something on the Alice Ponds Show that Paul calls "classic." What does she say?
(a) I go there often.
(b) I'd be lost without him.
(c) Do I know you?
(d) Which brother?

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

11. In Chapter 13, to whom does Shawn's dad say that he is not interested in taking the wheelchair for a ride?
(a) To William.
(b) To the guy in the green Science Center polo shirt.
(c) To the producer of The Alice Ponds Show.
(d) To the cameraman from PBS.

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

13. What kind of tournament is Paul entering with his teammates?
(a) Softball.
(b) Karate.
(c) Basketball.
(d) La Crosse.

14. In Chapter 13, Shawn cannot stop thinking about his father. How long has it been since The Alice Ponds Show?
(a) One day.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Five days.
(d) A week.

15. Why does Shawn mention women in a Maxfield Parrish painting?
(a) It is his favorite painting.
(b) It is a bad omen that the painting fell off the wall in his mother's room.
(c) Ally resembles one of those women.
(d) The painting is visible to him when he lies in bed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 9, what is the ghost bird replacing?

5. In the stanza of the poem that opens Chapter 12, who or what is dead?

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