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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 31-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the deadline by which Nick and Coby have said they will both have girlfriends?
(a) High school graduation.
(b) Valentine’s day.
(c) Start of ninth grade.
(d) End of the school year.

2. What does Nick wake up to, in the second poem of the book?
(a) The sound of his friend arriving.
(b) The sound of his parents fighting.
(c) The smell of bacon.
(d) The silence of an empty house.

3. What does Nick say he is a pro at?
(a) Band rehearsal.
(b) English class.
(c) Picking football games for the pool.
(d) Daydreaming.

4. How does Nick describe the effects of the news that his parents are separating?
(a) Poison.
(b) Bombshell.
(c) Rust.
(d) Fracture.

5. What is the type of poem that spells a word with the first letter of each line?
(a) Ode.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Villanelle
(d) Acrostic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?

2. What game does Nick play with his friend Coby?

3. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?

4. What is Nick Hall’s mother’s profession?

5. Why can Nick not play soccer with Coby after school?

(see the answer key)

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