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

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

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

4. According to Shawn in Chapter 10, what does it mean when his mother sounds overly positive?
(a) She is lying to her children.
(b) It's bad news.
(c) She is trying to make the best of a situation.
(d) She is lying to herself.

5. In Chapter 12, while Shawn is outside on the front porch, what is the origin of the strong smell of fumes?
(a) The van.
(b) The grill.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) A cigarette lighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is initially confused in the dream about the angels?

2. What does Shawn say interferes with his ability to secure a close, intimate relationship with a girl?

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

4. What does Shawn do at the Pacific Science Center when he is eight?

5. Shawn's father's house can be described as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it significant that Shawn's father volunteers to take care of Shawn by himself overnight and sends Vonda home?

2. What is the Annie-Sullivan-meeting-Helen Keller-in-The Miracle-Worker routine and what does Shawn think about it?

3. Why is Vonda excited to meet Shawn's father?

4. The morning after Ally spends the night, why does Shawn think that something is wrong?

5. Why does Shawn say in Chapter 12 that he never loved or feared his brother more than at one particular moment the previous summer?

6. What are some of the things in Chapter 10 that Shawn remembers about his mother from over the years that make him feel loved?

7. On The Alice Ponds Show, what is Alice Ponds' goal while interviewing Sydney McDaniel.

8. What does Shawn mean when he says that "invisibility has its advantages" when it comes to girls?

9. What does Shawn think about after viewing the clip of an interview between Sydney McDaniel and Earl Detraux on the Alice Ponds Show?

10. What is in Shawn's father's bedroom that is reminiscent of the virtual ride through the cosmos at the science center and why is this significant?

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