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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 185-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick wake up to, in the second poem of the book?
(a) The sound of his parents fighting.
(b) The silence of an empty house.
(c) The smell of bacon.
(d) The sound of his friend arriving.

2. What is the literary term for Nick asking his mother, “Why did you BALE” (96)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Elegy.
(c) Homonym.
(d) Simile.

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

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

5. What is the word that describes the fact that Nick complains about footnotes in a book, and then includes a footnote to support his complaint?
(a) Irony.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Contradiction.
(d) Sarcasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose book is Nick’s father reading, while Nick does his homework?

2. How does Nick describe the effects of the news that his parents are separating?

3. Where does April tell Nick Ms. Hardwick is moving?

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

5. What does Dean impugn of Coby’s?

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