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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 kind of job is Nick’s mother going to take?
(a) Training a race horse.
(b) Rescuing farm animals.
(c) Large animal veterinarian.
(d) Advertising sales.

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

3. What does Nick say Coby’s house smells like?
(a) Funky feet.
(b) Horses.
(c) Garlic and butter.
(d) Exotic cooking.

4. Why can Nick not play soccer with Coby after school?
(a) He has to go home and help his mother.
(b) He has to go to swim class.
(c) He has to go to etiquette class.
(d) He has to go to band practice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What toy of Coby’s does Nick say he broke?

2. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?

3. What does Nick’s father instruct Nick to do, when Nick leaves the house?

4. What is the outcome when Nick and Coby’s team plays the girls team?

5. What does Nick accuse his parents of?

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