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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick accuse his parents of?
(a) Lying to him.
(b) Ruining his life.
(c) Just giving up.
(d) Lying to each other.

2. What does Nick tell Mr. MacDonald his favorite book is?
(a) Lord of the Flies.
(b) Tuck Everlasting.
(c) He does not answer the question.
(d) Huck Finn.

3. What is the type of poem that spells a word with the first letter of each line?
(a) Villanelle
(b) Ode.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Acrostic.

4. What do Dean and Don take from Nick?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His bicycle.
(c) His lunch.
(d) His bus pass.

5. Where does Nick’s mother say she is going to take a job?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Nashville.

6. What is the literary term for Nick asking his mother, “Why did you BALE” (96)?
(a) Homonym.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Elegy.

7. What does Miss Quattlebaum’s name mean, according to Nick?
(a) Foolish frog.
(b) Tiresome talker.
(c) Dirty sweater.
(d) Fruit tree.

8. Who has delivered a note for Nick from April?
(a) Winifred.
(b) April.
(c) Don Eggleston.
(d) Charlene.

9. 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.

10. Whose book is Nick’s father reading, while Nick does his homework?
(a) Locke.
(b) Plato.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Diderot.

11. What does Mr. MacDonald tell Nick when he complains about his parents?
(a) That they know best.
(b) That they are his chance to be loved.
(c) That they are not happy about it either.
(d) That he will have submit to them.

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

13. Who does Nick appeal to, when his parents tell him that he cannot play soccer this weekend?
(a) Mr. MacDonald.
(b) Coby.
(c) His coach.
(d) Ms. Hardwick.

14. What is verbomania?
(a) An obsession with words.
(b) Use of surreal words.
(c) A crazy use of words.
(d) Obsessive, non-stop talking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the phrase “to nip something in the butt” an example of?

2. What does Nick tell Don his name means?

3. What is the outcome when Nick and Coby’s team plays the girls team?

4. Where does Coby shoot his banana kick when he and Nick are playing soccer?

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

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