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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 is “limerence”?
(a) The glow of a light.
(b) A kind of fabric.
(c) A citrus fruit.
(d) A crush.

2. What book does Mr. MacDonald bring Nick in the hospital?
(a) Tuck Everlasting.
(b) Into the Dust.
(c) All the Broken Pieces.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

3. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?
(a) April.
(b) Books.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Coby.

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

5. What time does Nick wake up on the day he is set to leave the hospital?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 5:30 a.m.
(d) 11 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many organs does Nick say the human body has?

2. What does Coby get his first yellow card for?

3. Why does Mr. MacDonald say readers read?

4. What is the word that describes the fact that Nick complains about footnotes in a book, and then includes a footnote to support his complaint?

5. Where does Nick’s mother take him, after he cleans his room?

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