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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’s mother chide him for?
(a) Not calling her.
(b) Not calling April.
(c) Not being a good friend to Coby.
(d) Fighting with the Egglestons.

2. How does Nick tell his mother he feels after surgery?
(a) Like jello.
(b) Like he is floating on a cloud.
(c) Like he has just run a marathon and played back-to-back soccer matches.
(d) Like he is under water.

3. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Eartha Kitt.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Rosa Parks.

4. What does Nick’s father instruct Nick to do, when Nick leaves the house?
(a) Read for an hour.
(b) Call April.
(c) Write an essay with the new words he has learned.
(d) Do extra credit for Ms. Hardwick.

5. How many fans will attend the tournament Nick and Coby have been invited to play in?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?

2. What does the nurse bring Nick for breakfast?

3. What does Coby say when Nick apologizes for not jumping in to save him?

4. When does April tell Nick to meet her?

5. What does the loser of the ping-pong game between Nick and his mother have do to?

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