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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 123-154.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Nick’s mother take him, after he cleans his room?
(a) The soccer field.
(b) School.
(c) Dean and Don’s house.
(d) His favorite restaurant.

3. What does Don Eggleston knock out of Nick’s hands?
(a) His books.
(b) Mr. MacDonald’s dragonfly box.
(c) April’s hand.
(d) His lunch tray.

4. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Books.
(c) Coby.
(d) April.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Nick wake up after dreaming of moonwalking with Michael Jackson?

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

4. What does April compliment when she sees Nick after her swim practice?

5. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?

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