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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 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.

2. How many organs does Nick say the human body has?
(a) 106.
(b) 78.
(c) 216.
(d) 172.

3. How does Nick characterize the morning of his mother’s return?
(a) Otherworldly.
(b) Eerie and unprecedented.
(c) Just like old times.
(d) Ominously quiet.

4. What is Nick’s role as Coby fights with Dean Eggleston?
(a) Bystander.
(b) He helps Coby.
(c) He runs for help.
(d) He breaks it up.

5. What awkward question does Nick ask his parents at dinner?
(a) Whether they are going to move.
(b) Whether his father cheated.
(c) Whether they are getting a divorce.
(d) Whether he is going to have a baby sibling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick tell Mr. MacDonald his favorite book is?

2. How regularly will Nick’s mother come home to visit?

3. How does Nick characterize Into the Dust?

4. How many times does Nick call April’s number before he lets the call go all the way through?

5. What does Nick tell Don his name means?

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