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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 248-278.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
(a) Being disciplined in understanding language.
(b) Being ready for college.
(c) Being attractive to girls.
(d) Being alert to lies and rhetoric.

2. What does Coby do when he “nutmegs” Parnell?
(a) Passes the ball between his legs.
(b) Kicks him in the groin.
(c) Leaps over him.
(d) Curls the ball around him.

3. Why does Nick say he likes the zombie movie?
(a) Because he likes to make jokes about their gait.
(b) Because he thinks zombies are stagey and entertaining.
(c) Because he likes to look unfazed by the zombies.
(d) Because the scary parts make April grab his leg.

4. What does Nick ask April when he greets her formally in etiquette class?
(a) To be his girlfriend.
(b) To be his date for the eighth grade formal.
(c) To come to his soccer tournament in Dallas.
(d) To come to the movies with him.

5. What does Nick’s mother offer to do when they get home from the hospital?
(a) Read to him.
(b) Play Xbox with him.
(c) Play ping-pong.
(d) Play one-on-one soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is “limerence”?

2. How does Nick describe the effects of the news that his parents are separating?

3. What does Nick tell April he liked about the book he has been reading in the hospital?

4. What is “onomotophobia”?

5. What book does Mr. MacDonald bring Nick in the hospital?

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