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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 card game do Nick and Coby play on the way to school?
(a) War.
(b) Blackjack.
(c) Gin.
(d) Poker.

2. What does the librarian invite Nick and Coby to join?
(a) Nerds and Words book club.
(b) His bowling league.
(c) A futsal tournament.
(d) The theatre department.

3. What word does Nick see when he starts to tear pages out of his fathers dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
(a) Logorrhea.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Limerence.
(d) Sweven.

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

5. Where does Coby shoot his banana kick when he and Nick are playing soccer?
(a) The front door of his house.
(b) The garage.
(c) The kitchen window.
(d) The doghouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?

2. How many players are on each team in futsal?

3. What is the type of poem that spells a word with the first letter of each line?

4. What is Nick Hall’s father’s profession?

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

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