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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 he is a pro at?
(a) Picking football games for the pool.
(b) Daydreaming.
(c) Band rehearsal.
(d) English class.

2. What is the deadline by which Nick and Coby have said they will both have girlfriends?
(a) High school graduation.
(b) End of the school year.
(c) Valentine’s day.
(d) Start of ninth grade.

3. What is Nick tormented by, after his parents tell him that they are separating?
(a) Asthma attacks.
(b) Fainting spells.
(c) Stomach aches.
(d) Hallucinations.

4. What is Nick Hall’s father’s profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Landscaper.
(d) Medical doctor.

5. What does Nick accuse his parents of?
(a) Ruining his life.
(b) Lying to each other.
(c) Just giving up.
(d) Lying to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Nick say that the students at his school cut Mr. MacDonald slack for his weird personality?

4. What is logorrhea?

5. What do Nick and Coby say they will have to get, now that Nick’s parents are separating?

(see the answer key)

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