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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 Nick spell in the acrostic after his injury?
(a) Comeuppance.
(b) Broken leg.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Hospital.

2. What does Don Eggleston knock out of Nick’s hands?
(a) His books.
(b) Mr. MacDonald’s dragonfly box.
(c) April’s hand.
(d) His lunch tray.

3. How long will Nick be out of school after surgery?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) A couple of days.
(c) A day.
(d) A month.

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

5. What book have Nick’s parents required him to read?
(a) His father’s copy of the Bible.
(b) His mother’s training manuals.
(c) His father’s dictionary Weird and Wonderful Words.
(d) A biography of Pelé.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the source of the statement that put up red flags for Nick’s family?

2. What keeps Nick in the hospital longer than planned?

3. What is “limerence”?

4. What kind of job is Nick’s mother going to take?

5. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?

(see the answer key)

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