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

2. What is the word that describes the fact that Nick complains about footnotes in a book, and then includes a footnote to support his complaint?
(a) Contradiction.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Irony.

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

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

5. Whose book is Nick’s father reading, while Nick does his homework?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Plato.
(c) Locke.
(d) Diderot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is verbomania?

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

3. How regularly will Nick’s mother come home to visit?

4. What is the phrase “to nip something in the butt” an example of?

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

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