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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sensory experiences does Shawn remember as they drive away from the scene of the accident?
(a) The feeling of the damp breeze and the sound of rain.
(b) The feeling of leather straps and dampness, and the sound of rain.
(c) The squeak of windshield wipers and the smell of burned oil and mud.
(d) The feeling of shock and fear.

2. What word or concept is confusing to Shawn until he sees it written out?
(a) Bow legged.
(b) Euthanasia.
(c) Lighter.
(d) Mozart.

3. What is Shawn's good news?
(a) All anwers are correct.
(b) He has a gift.
(c) He has siblings who are pretty cool.
(d) He lives in a cool city.

4. What does Shawn's father always do to Shawn when he comes to visit?
(a) Bends his thumbs backward.
(b) Makes Shawn sit up straighter in his wheelchair.
(c) Reads the first stanza of the award-winning poem.
(d) Brings a vanilla cookie.

5. Which classroom staff members at the school does Shawn like the best?
(a) William and Becky.
(b) Mrs. Hare and the kitchen aid.
(c) William and Mrs. Hare.
(d) Becky and Mrs. Hare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 is written from what point of view ?

2. Faced with the crow, Dad compares Shawn's helplessness to what?

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

4. What does Shawn try not to do too much?

5. What allows Shawn to witness the dog's moment of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Despite his irritation at the world premiere reading of the poem, what things does Shawn like about the poem?

2. In Chapter 5, Shawn notes that his father has been a public figure because of the poem he writes about Shawn. Name three things that fame brings to Shawn's father.

3. What does Shawn consider ironic about his actual intelligence and the assumed level of his intelligence within his class at school?

4. When talking to her mother, how does Cindy explain her experience with the dog's death?

5. When Shawn first heard people referred to as "vegetables," what types of images did he envision in his head?

6. Why does Shawn think that it is cool to live in Seattle?

7. Describe what the special education class at Shoreline High School is like according to Shawn, and how the students behave.

8. What does Cindy do when the dog is hit by a car?

9. What is Shawn able to do when his spirit leaves his body during a seizure?

10. What does the encounter with the crow reveal to Shawn's father, and what thought occurs to him?

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