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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 218-247.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. MacDonald distract Nick with, while he slips a book into his hands?
(a) His dragonfly box.
(b) His photographs.
(c) His Grammy award.
(d) His lunch.

2. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
(a) Being attractive to girls.
(b) Being ready for college.
(c) Being alert to lies and rhetoric.
(d) Being disciplined in understanding language.

3. What is the phrase “to nip something in the butt” an example of?
(a) A jeremiad.
(b) An insult.
(c) A philippic.
(d) A malapropism.

4. Where does Nick throw up?
(a) In his hands.
(b) In the water cooler.
(c) In his shoes.
(d) In Parnell’s gym bag.

5. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?
(a) Their silence at dinner.
(b) Their forced humor.
(c) Their barely-concealed tears.
(d) Their indifference to routines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nick get injured?

2. What does Nick say Coby’s house smells like?

3. How many pages does Nick read in his book before he turns on the TV?

4. What sport is the boy good at, in the book Nick is reading in the hospital?

5. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?

(see the answer key)

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