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

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

3. What is Nick Hall’s mother’s profession?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Musician.
(c) Horse trainer.
(d) Engineer.

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

5. What kind of award does Mr. MacDonald have in his room?
(a) Writers Guild.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Grammy.
(d) Tony.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fans will attend the tournament Nick and Coby have been invited to play in?

2. What is the type of poem that spells a word with the first letter of each line?

3. Whose book is Nick’s father reading, while Nick does his homework?

4. What does Nick’s mother nag him to do?

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

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