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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 happens in the “best six seconds ever” (98)?
(a) Nick and April kiss.
(b) April tells Nick she admires him.
(c) Nick gets to look forward to dancing with April.
(d) Nick holds April’s face close to his.

2. What does Nick say Coby’s house smells like?
(a) Garlic and butter.
(b) Funky feet.
(c) Exotic cooking.
(d) Horses.

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

4. What does Nick say that gets him into trouble with his father?
(a) That he hates his father.
(b) That he wishes he were dead.
(c) That he refuses to do his chores.
(d) That he wants to move to Kentucky with his mother.

5. What does Nick read in the middle of the night?
(a) Tuck Everlasting.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) A book about Pelé.
(d) Into the Dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Quattlebaum’s name mean, according to Nick?

2. What does Nick tell Don his name means?

3. Where does Nick throw up?

4. Why does Nick get out of the house early?

5. Who is Mr. MacDonald’s girlfriend?

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