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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nick say that the students at his school cut Mr. MacDonald slack for his weird personality?
(a) He is a great dancer.
(b) He could have died of a brain tumor.
(c) He is a bit touched.
(d) He is kind to everyone.

2. Why does Nick’s mockery of Don’s name not help him?
(a) The principal overhears it.
(b) It is only a day dream.
(c) April thinks he is being crude.
(d) His use of expletives gets him in trouble.

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

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

5. What does Nick watch while his father is not at home?
(a) European soccer games.
(b) Reruns of the Super Bowl.
(c) Baseball.
(d) R-rated movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has delivered a note for Nick from April?

2. What does the nurse bring Nick for breakfast?

3. How does Nick characterize the relationship between his team and Coby’s?

4. What does Nick say he is a pro at?

5. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?

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