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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marcus try to avoid bullies in Chapter 3?
(a) He helps the teachers clean after school.
(b) He skips classes.
(c) He joins a club that gathers before and after school.
(d) He arrives early and remains inside at recess.

2. What does Will realize at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Single mothers are the perfect partner for a man afraid of commitment.
(b) He should try to date a married woman.
(c) He should never date single mothers.
(d) He is bored with dating.

3. How does Will get by if he doesn't work?
(a) He uses the royalty checks from a song his father wrote.
(b) He lives off alimony checks from his successful ex-wife.
(c) He still lives with his parents.
(d) He sponges off his older sister.

4. Why is dinner stressful in Chapter 1?
(a) Marcus is sick.
(b) Fiona has just been dumped.
(c) Fiona has just lost her job.
(d) Marcus failed a class.

5. What does Will prefer not to do when it comes to women?
(a) Spend longer than one evening with one woman.
(b) Tie himself down to just one.
(c) Lie to them.
(d) Treat them casually.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marcus not have a solution for in Chapter 5?

2. How old is Ned?

3. Who is the author of "About a Boy"?

4. What does Will make up a story about in Chapter 8?

5. Instead of being able to cheer his mother up in Chapter 1, what is Marcus only able to do?

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