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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 248-278.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bad news the nurse tells Nick?
(a) He has a tumor.
(b) His appendix is ruptured.
(c) His ankle is broken.
(d) He has kidney stones.

2. Where does Nick ask his parents to take him on his way home from the hospital?
(a) The library.
(b) April’s house.
(c) A hamburger joint.
(d) School.

3. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?
(a) Broken toe.
(b) Head laceration.
(c) Bloody nose.
(d) Plantar fasciitis.

4. What is Mr. MacDonald’s favorite animal?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Chameleon.
(c) Dog.
(d) Dragonfly.

5. What is it that keeps Nick’s father from answering Nick’s awkward question at dinner?
(a) Ms. Hardwick shows up.
(b) Mr. MacDonald shows up.
(c) Nick’s mother storms out.
(d) Coby shows up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick tormented by, after his parents tell him that they are separating?

2. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?

3. What kind of book is the book Nick recommends for book club?

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

5. What does Nick say April’s last name means?

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