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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nick’s mother nag him to do?
(a) Household chores.
(b) Reading for book club.
(c) Calling his grandparents.
(d) Walking the dog

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

4. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Eartha Kitt.
(d) Rosa Parks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the librarian invite Nick and Coby to join?

3. What does the loser of the ping-pong game between Nick and his mother have do to?

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

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

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