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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that keeps Nick from asking April to be his girlfriend?
(a) His upset stomach rumbles.
(b) Mr. MacDonald interrupts.
(c) Dean and Don Eggleston intercept him.
(d) His mother shows up.

2. Why does Nick’s mockery of Don’s name not help him?
(a) His use of expletives gets him in trouble.
(b) The principal overhears it.
(c) It is only a day dream.
(d) April thinks he is being crude.

3. What does Nick say love and happiness sink in when his mother leaves?
(a) A river.
(b) Quicksand.
(c) A swamp.
(d) The ocean.

4. What does Coby say when Nick apologizes for not jumping in to save him?
(a) He tells him to deal the cards for blackjack.
(b) He tells him they will settle it in Dallas.
(c) He says that Nick owes him one.
(d) He says that it’s no big deal.

5. What does Nick read in the middle of the night?
(a) A book about Pelé.
(b) Tuck Everlasting.
(c) Into the Dust.
(d) Huck Finn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Coby convince Nick to ask April out?

2. Why does Nick’s father ask him to get him a pillow?

3. What does Nick eat at night, to settle his stomach?

4. How did Nick’s family hear about his desire to be dead?

5. What kind of dance does Nick get to do with April?

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