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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 book goes Nick have to find a malapropism in, as punishment for his inattentiveness?
(a) Into the Dust.
(b) Tuck Everlasting.
(c) Huck Finn.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

2. What was it that got the Egglestons kicked out of school?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Knives.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Boxing gloves.

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

4. What is the phrase “to nip something in the butt” an example of?
(a) A philippic.
(b) A malapropism.
(c) A jeremiad.
(d) An insult.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nick say Coby’s house smells like?

5. What is the phrase “to nip something in the bud” an example of?

(see the answer key)

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