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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Coby recall Nick’s parents having taken him and Nick?
(a) A beach.
(b) A fun park.
(c) A museum.
(d) A zoo.

2. How does Nick characterize him and his father living together alone?
(a) A circus.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) A war.

3. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?
(a) The same school as Nick and Coby.
(b) A nearby technical school.
(c) An agricultural school.
(d) The Alternative Behavior Center.

4. 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) Irony.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Contradiction.

5. Why does Nick say that the students at his school cut Mr. MacDonald slack for his weird personality?
(a) He is a bit touched.
(b) He is kind to everyone.
(c) He is a great dancer.
(d) He could have died of a brain tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick wake up to, in the second poem of the book?

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

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

4. Why does Nick not play football?

5. What does Coby offer Nick, to inspire him to call April?

(see the answer key)

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