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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 123-154.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick tell Mr. MacDonald his favorite book is?
(a) Huck Finn.
(b) Tuck Everlasting.
(c) He does not answer the question.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

2. What book goes Nick have to find a malapropism in, as punishment for his inattentiveness?
(a) Into the Dust.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) Tuck Everlasting.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

3. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Coby.
(c) April.
(d) Books.

4. What is “limerence”?
(a) A citrus fruit.
(b) A kind of fabric.
(c) The glow of a light.
(d) A crush.

5. Where does Nick’s mother say she is going to take a job?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nick appeal to, when his parents tell him that he cannot play soccer this weekend?

2. How does Nick characterize him and his father living together alone?

3. Why does Nick say that the students at his school cut Mr. MacDonald slack for his weird personality?

4. What does Mr. MacDonald distract Nick with, while he slips a book into his hands?

5. What is Nick Hall’s father’s profession?

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