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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will make up a story about in Chapter 8?
(a) His career.
(b) His ex-wife looking after Ned for the day.
(c) His dying father.
(d) His favorite music.

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

3. What surprises Will when he tries to break it off with the woman in Chapter 4?
(a) She giggles.
(b) She weeps uncontrollably.
(c) She pretends not to hear him.
(d) She ends the relationship first.

4. Instead of being able to cheer his mother up in Chapter 1, what is Marcus only able to do?
(a) Frustrate her.
(b) Make her cry.
(c) Make her angry.
(d) Distract her.

5. What do the bullies do to Marcus in Chapter 7?
(a) Try to trash his house.
(b) Try to make it look like he stole candy.
(c) Try to throw him in a newly-dug grave.
(d) Try to give him a weggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the students ask Marcus not to hang out with them in Chapter 5?

2. Who are the two protagonists of the novel "About a Boy"?

3. Who does Suzie introduce Will to in Chapter 8?

4. Will believes that he has convinced the woman he is interested in ____________________.

5. Who does Marcus try to hang out with at school in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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