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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 62-92.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nick say love and happiness sink in when his mother leaves?
(a) A river.
(b) A swamp.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Quicksand.

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

4. Where does Nick’s mother say she is going to take a job?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick Hall’s father’s profession?

2. What kind of award does Mr. MacDonald have in his room?

3. What is verbomania?

4. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?

5. What book have Nick’s parents required him to read?

(see the answer key)

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