2. What do Nick and Coby say they will have to get, now that Nick’s parents are separating?
(a) Bus passes.
(b) Walking shoes.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Scooters.

3. Where do the Eggleston twins go to school?
(a) The Alternative Behavior Center.
(b) An agricultural school.
(c) A nearby technical school.
(d) The same school as Nick and Coby.

4. What does Coby say when Nick apologizes for not jumping in to save him?
(a) He says that it’s no big deal.
(b) He says that Nick owes him one.
(c) He tells him to deal the cards for blackjack.
(d) He tells him they will settle it in Dallas.

5. What does Nick’s father instruct Nick to do, when Nick leaves the house?
(a) Do extra credit for Ms. Hardwick.
(b) Read for an hour.
(c) Call April.
(d) Write an essay with the new words he has learned.

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

7. What kind of award does Mr. MacDonald have in his room?
(a) Grammy.
(b) Writers Guild.
(c) Tony.
(d) Oscar.

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

9. How does Nick characterize him and his father living together alone?
(a) A circus.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) A war.

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

11. What does Nick’s father say happened when he stood up against the kid who was bullying him?
(a) He lost the fight, and lost standing.
(b) He lost the fight, but get respect.
(c) He beat the kid up.
(d) He regretted hurting the kid.

12. What does Nick wake up to, in the second poem of the book?
(a) The sound of his parents fighting.
(b) The sound of his friend arriving.
(c) The silence of an empty house.
(d) The smell of bacon.

13. What book goes Nick have to find a malapropism in, as punishment for his inattentiveness?
(a) Huck Finn.
(b) Tuck Everlasting.
(c) Into the Dust.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

14. What causes Ms. Hardwick to call Nick to the front of the class and read his notebook?
(a) The intensity on his face.
(b) The fact that he was sleeping.
(c) The sneer on his lips.
(d) She sees what he is writing.

15. What does Coby offer Nick, to inspire him to call April?
(a) Visions of his happiness.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Threats of mockery.