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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the loser of the ping-pong game between Nick and his mother have do to?
(a) Shovel the driveway.
(b) Dust the bookshelves.
(c) The dishes.
(d) Vacuum.

2. What is the literary term for Nick asking his mother, “Why did you BALE” (96)?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Homonym.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

3. What card game do Nick and Coby play on the way to school?
(a) Poker.
(b) War.
(c) Gin.
(d) Blackjack.

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?
(a) Irony.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Contradiction.
(d) Apostrophe.

5. What does Coby offer Nick, to inspire him to call April?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Threats of mockery.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Visions of his happiness.

6. What is verbomania?
(a) An obsession with words.
(b) Use of surreal words.
(c) A crazy use of words.
(d) Obsessive, non-stop talking.

7. What does Nick say April’s last name means?
(a) Ugly painting.
(b) Compost pile.
(c) Discarded mud.
(d) Litter of pigs.

8. What does Nick’s father instruct Nick to do, when Nick leaves the house?
(a) Read for an hour.
(b) Write an essay with the new words he has learned.
(c) Do extra credit for Ms. Hardwick.
(d) Call April.

9. What is logorrhea?
(a) Uncontrollable blurting of words.
(b) Confusion about when to speak.
(c) Excessive use of words.
(d) Indifference to words’ meanings.

10. What does April compliment when she sees Nick after her swim practice?
(a) His jeans.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His bicycle.
(d) His backpack.

11. What does Coby say when Nick apologizes for not jumping in to save him?
(a) He says that Nick owes him one.
(b) He tells him to deal the cards for blackjack.
(c) He says that it’s no big deal.
(d) He tells him they will settle it in Dallas.

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

13. Whose book is Nick’s father reading, while Nick does his homework?
(a) Diderot.
(b) Plato.
(c) Locke.
(d) Rousseau.

14. What does Nick say that gets him into trouble with his father?
(a) That he wants to move to Kentucky with his mother.
(b) That he hates his father.
(c) That he wishes he were dead.
(d) That he refuses to do his chores.

15. What game does Nick play with his friend Coby?
(a) Grand Theft Auto.
(b) Fortnite.
(c) FIFA online.
(d) Minecraft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick tormented by, after his parents tell him that they are separating?

2. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?

3. What does Dean impugn of Coby’s?

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

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

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