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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 155-184.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Coby shoot his banana kick when he and Nick are playing soccer?
(a) The front door of his house.
(b) The doghouse.
(c) The kitchen window.
(d) The garage.

2. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?
(a) The Alternative Behavior Center.
(b) A nearby technical school.
(c) An agricultural school.
(d) The same school as Nick and Coby.

3. Where does Nick invite his mother to for the weekend?
(a) A dance with April.
(b) A tournament in New York.
(c) A tournament in Dallas.
(d) His game at school.

4. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?
(a) Their forced humor.
(b) Their indifference to routines.
(c) Their silence at dinner.
(d) Their barely-concealed tears.

5. What does Nick say April’s last name means?
(a) Discarded mud.
(b) Litter of pigs.
(c) Compost pile.
(d) Ugly painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick’s role as Coby fights with Dean Eggleston?

2. How does Nick characterize the relationship between his team and Coby’s?

3. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?

4. Why does Nick’s mockery of Don’s name not help him?

5. What is Nick’s father about to do, when he sees Nick leaving the house?

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