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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fiona doing when Marcus returns home in Chapter 7?
(a) Eating cookie dough and staring at the wall.
(b) Watching cartoons.
(c) Crying violently.
(d) Sleeping in her coat.

2. What has Marcus hit a duck with at the SPAT picnic?
(a) A ball.
(b) Some bread.
(c) A bottle.
(d) His shoe.

3. What does Marcus accuse Will of in Chapter 14?
(a) Lying about Ned.
(b) Stealing his CD player.
(c) Breaking his mother's heart.
(d) Resting on his laurels.

4. Why is Will unhappy in Chapter 18?
(a) Marcus has broken an expensive vase in his home.
(b) He has heard his father's song a full five weeks before Christmas.
(c) His date has stood him up.
(d) He is sick for the first time in three years.

5. Why is dinner stressful in Chapter 1?
(a) Fiona has just lost her job.
(b) Fiona has just been dumped.
(c) Marcus failed a class.
(d) Marcus is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Clive?

2. Why does Marcus come to this conclusion about his family in Chapter 11?

3. Where does Ellie and Zoe take Marcus in Chapter 21?

4. Who is the author of "About a Boy"?

5. What does Marcus do at Will's apartment in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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