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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?
(a) A nearby technical school.
(b) The Alternative Behavior Center.
(c) The same school as Nick and Coby.
(d) An agricultural school.

2. What does Dean impugn of Coby’s?
(a) His family’s wealth.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His race.
(d) His looks.

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

4. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
(a) Being disciplined in understanding language.
(b) Being attractive to girls.
(c) Being alert to lies and rhetoric.
(d) Being ready for college.

5. What book goes Nick have to find a malapropism in, as punishment for his inattentiveness?
(a) Into the Dust.
(b) Lord of the Flies.
(c) Huck Finn.
(d) Tuck Everlasting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is “onomotophobia”?

2. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?

3. What is the phrase “to nip something in the bud” an example of?

4. Where does Nick’s mother say she is going to take a job?

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

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