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

2. Where does the crow land?
(a) On the railing under the overhanging branches.
(b) On the telephone line in the alley behind the house.
(c) On Shawn's spare wheelchair.
(d) On the rear-view mirror on his father's car.

3. What is Shawn's gift?
(a) Total recall of everything he hears.
(b) Acute hearing.
(c) Perfect pitch.
(d) The ability to "see" music.

4. Why does Shawn get confused about some aspects and experiences of life?
(a) Because hearing about things is not as informative as experiencing things yourself.
(b) Because his brain injury causes hallucinations sometimes.
(c) Because he cannot turn his head voluntarily.
(d) Because his family shelters him intentionally.

5. Chapter 1 is written from what point of view ?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) The psychologist's.
(c) Shawn's.
(d) Third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Shawn has an "autonomic, uncontrollable systemic reflex" during a seizure, what is Shawn doing?

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

3. In the first verse of the poem that Sydney writes, what animal does he use to refer to Shawn?

4. What color are the dog's eyes?

5. According to Chapter 1, what is Bell Town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shawn think that his father is smart?

2. What is the little ritual that Shawn's father performs every time he visits Shawn?

3. How does seeing the death of the dog make Shawn feel?

4. Why does Shawn need medicine to control the seizures?

5. How does Shawn describe his experience with grand mal seizures as a child?

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

7. During his last feeding of Shawn, Sydney tells Lindy that he is mad at something other than at Shawn. What is he mad at?

8. What is Shawn's out-of-body experience like while his father is in the classroom shooting video with a cameraman?

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

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

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