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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?
(a) Their forced humor.
(b) Their silence at dinner.
(c) Their barely-concealed tears.
(d) Their indifference to routines.

4. What is the literary term for Nick asking his mother, “Why did you BALE” (96)?
(a) Homonym.
(b) Simile.
(c) Elegy.
(d) Metaphor.

5. What book have Nick’s parents required him to read?
(a) His father’s copy of the Bible.
(b) His father’s dictionary Weird and Wonderful Words.
(c) A biography of Pelé.
(d) His mother’s training manuals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the deadline by which Nick and Coby have said they will both have girlfriends?

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

4. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?

5. What does Nick accuse his parents of?

(see the answer key)

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