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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 62-92.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick say Coby’s house smells like?
(a) Garlic and butter.
(b) Horses.
(c) Funky feet.
(d) Exotic cooking.

2. What does Nick say love and happiness sink in when his mother leaves?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Quicksand.
(c) A river.
(d) A swamp.

3. Why can Nick not play soccer with Coby after school?
(a) He has to go to etiquette class.
(b) He has to go to swim class.
(c) He has to go home and help his mother.
(d) He has to go to band practice.

4. What does Nick say he is a pro at?
(a) Picking football games for the pool.
(b) Band rehearsal.
(c) English class.
(d) Daydreaming.

5. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?
(a) Eartha Kitt.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) W. E. B. DuBois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick wake up to, in the second poem of the book?

2. What book have Nick’s parents required him to read?

3. Where does Nick’s mother say she is going to take a job?

4. What is the word that describes the fact that Nick complains about footnotes in a book, and then includes a footnote to support his complaint?

5. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?

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