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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 do Cindy's friends do in front of Shawn that he sees as a "silver lining?"
(a) They make sure to whisper their most private secrets so he cannot hear.
(b) When they include him in conversations, they shout at him.
(c) They act as though Shawn is blind and deaf.
(d) They romp in the next room.

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

3. What does Shawn explain at the end of the angel dream?
(a) Angels aren't real!
(b) I don't want to die!
(c) I don't want to be an angel!
(d) I am not an angel!

4. In Shawn's memory of Christmas when he is six years old, what are Cindy and Paul doing?
(a) Wrapping Mom's Christmas gift.
(b) Buying Shawn's Christmas gift.
(c) Sneaking peaks at their Christmas gifts.
(d) Wrapping Shawn's Christmas present.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following comments does Shawn's father NOT make to Shawn in the angel dream?

2. Paul gets on the bus with his teammates to go to what destination?

3. In Chapter 12, what is Paul's punishment?

4. During the doozy of a seizure that Shawn has during the Alice Ponds Show, what does Shawn experience?

5. On The Alice Ponds Show, what does Sydney McDaniel claim kills Collin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Shawn looks at his father, who is sitting on the bed apparently considering whether or not he should end Shawn's life. What does he notice about his father's appearance?

2. While Shawn has a doozy of a seizure during the end of the Alice Ponds show, what does he experience?

3. Paul and Cindy discuss their father's appearance on The Alice Ponds Show. What do they think about what their father says on the show?

4. What is Sydney McDaniel's definition of parental love, as offered on The Alice Ponds Show?

5. How does Shawn describe the African animal mobile that hangs over his bed, and why does he describe it in this manner?

6. If Shawn has never been to his father's house, does Shawn have an accurate knowledge of what his father's bedroom looks like, and if so, how does he know?

7. What is Shawn's opinion of the role of memories and "being known for who you are" when someone dies?

8. What is apparent about the relationship between Paul and his father after Paul finds out that his father wants him to go on the Alice Ponds show?

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

10. How does Shawn react to meeting his sister's friend Ally, and why?

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