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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will find himself looking forward to in Chapter 16?
(a) Marcus' visits.
(b) Marcus going off to college.
(c) His birthday.
(d) Marcus' fish and chips.

2. 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) Distract her.
(d) Make her angry.

3. What has Marcus hit a duck with at the SPAT picnic?
(a) A bottle.
(b) A ball.
(c) His shoe.
(d) Some bread.

4. Where does Marcus take Will and Suzie at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) His flat.
(b) Church.
(c) The pond.
(d) A diner.

5. What is Marcus frightened by in Chapter 5?
(a) A bully lurking outside his house.
(b) His mother started crying at breakfast.
(c) Showing his mother his grades.
(d) A spider.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Suzie insist on doing in Chapter 9?

3. What do Suzie and Marcus discover when they walk inside Marcus' home in Chapter 9?

4. Where does Marcus want Will to take him and Fiona in Chapter 13?

5. Why does Will never get any job offers?

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