1. Pretending to be each other, Nick and Danny call Lois and Karen and ask the girls for dates. Why did they do that? Why didn't each of them call the girl he was interested in? Wouldn't it be just as easy to be honest as to try to deceive the girls?

2. Nick hyperventilates and faints in gym class. Why? What is hyperventilation?

3. Nick wants to blend in with other students, to be inconspicuous. Why?

Have you ever felt like that?

4. After Nick finds his father near the exhaust pipe of the car and realizes he has tried to take his own life, he goes to the school nurse to talk. Why does he choose her? Why does he talk about his "friend and his problems" instead of telling her the problems are his own?

5. Mrs. Karpinski refuses to call the office to find out...