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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far has Nick gotten into his father’s dictionary, when he is in the hospital?
(a) Ys.
(b) Rs.
(c) Ls.
(d) Ws.

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

3. What causes Ms. Hardwick to call Nick to the front of the class and read his notebook?
(a) The sneer on his lips.
(b) She sees what he is writing.
(c) The intensity on his face.
(d) The fact that he was sleeping.

4. What is the type of poem that spells a word with the first letter of each line?
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Villanelle
(c) Ode.
(d) Acrostic.

5. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?
(a) Bloody nose.
(b) Broken toe.
(c) Plantar fasciitis.
(d) Head laceration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick’s father say happened when he stood up against the kid who was bullying him?

2. What does Nick watch while his father is not at home?

3. What is Nick Hall’s father’s profession?

4. What is it that keeps Nick’s father from answering Nick’s awkward question at dinner?

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

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