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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Nick appeal to, when his parents tell him that he cannot play soccer this weekend?
(a) Coby.
(b) His coach.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) Ms. Hardwick.

3. What is the phrase “to nip something in the butt” an example of?
(a) A philippic.
(b) A malapropism.
(c) An insult.
(d) A jeremiad.

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

5. What does Coby say when Nick apologizes for not jumping in to save him?
(a) He tells him to deal the cards for blackjack.
(b) He says that it’s no big deal.
(c) He tells him they will settle it in Dallas.
(d) He says that Nick owes him one.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Nick’s mother chide him for?

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

5. What kind of dance does Nick get to do with April?

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