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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 93-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nick not play football?
(a) He already has a brain condition.
(b) His father will not allow it.
(c) He has bad knees.
(d) Because he was knocked out once, playing football.

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

3. What card game do Nick and Coby play on the way to school?
(a) Blackjack.
(b) Gin.
(c) Poker.
(d) War.

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

5. Where have Nick and Coby’s teams been invited to play?
(a) Dallas.
(b) New York.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does April send Nick a note saying she wants to look for?

2. What does Nick’s father say happened when he stood up against the kid who was bullying him?

3. What happens in the “best six seconds ever” (98)?

4. What does Nick accuse his parents of?

5. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?

(see the answer key)

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