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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 62-92.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?
(a) Eartha Kitt.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) W. E. B. DuBois.
(d) Rosa Parks.

2. What does Mr. MacDonald distract Nick with, while he slips a book into his hands?
(a) His photographs.
(b) His lunch.
(c) His Grammy award.
(d) His dragonfly box.

3. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?
(a) April.
(b) Coby.
(c) Books.
(d) Soccer.

4. What card game do Nick and Coby play on the way to school?
(a) Blackjack.
(b) Gin.
(c) War.
(d) Poker.

5. Why can Nick not play soccer with Coby after school?
(a) He has to go to etiquette class.
(b) He has to go to band practice.
(c) He has to go to swim class.
(d) He has to go home and help his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nick describe the effects of the news that his parents are separating?

2. What does the librarian invite Nick and Coby to join?

3. What is the outcome when Nick and Coby’s team plays the girls team?

4. What do Nick and Coby say they will have to get, now that Nick’s parents are separating?

5. What does the loser of the ping-pong game between Nick and his mother have do to?

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