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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: stay up late, Chapters 6-8 and Part II: his drug of choice, Chapters 9-10 and Part III: whatever, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nic's teachers report that Nic is bright and usually engaged, but that once in a while, he seems what?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Spacey.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Forgetful.

2. After listing a myriad of impressions at which Nic is skilled, David says that Nic's best impression is of whom?
(a) Jack Nicholson.
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(c) Humphrey Bogart.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

3. A child development specialist tells David that the greatest changes take place in children's brains before they are how old and then again when they are teenagers?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. David characterizes Nic as a child who does what every time he encounters a puddle?
(a) Rolls in it.
(b) Walks around it.
(c) Splashes it on the nearest person.
(d) Stomps in it.

5. Nic is arrested for failing to appear in court after being cited for what crime?
(a) Public intoxication.
(b) Marijuana possession.
(c) Breaking and entering.
(d) Methamphetamine possession.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Nic call his "worry doctor" (22)?

2. When Nic moves home from his first college, what is NOT a rule his parents insist that he follow?

3. What is the family's pet name for Nic's little brother Jasper?

4. Nic decides that his choice of college had been a mistake and that he would do better at what type of college?

5. About how many miles separate David from Vicki once she moves away from the Bay Area?

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