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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many players are on each team in futsal?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

3. What does Nick say love and happiness sink in when his mother leaves?
(a) A river.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Quicksand.
(d) A swamp.

4. What is Mr. MacDonald’s favorite animal?
(a) Dog.
(b) Chameleon.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Dragonfly.

5. What does the loser of the ping-pong game between Nick and his mother have do to?
(a) Vacuum.
(b) Dust the bookshelves.
(c) The dishes.
(d) Shovel the driveway.

6. What does Nick say that gets him into trouble with his father?
(a) That he wants to move to Kentucky with his mother.
(b) That he wishes he were dead.
(c) That he refuses to do his chores.
(d) That he hates his father.

7. What kind of job is Nick’s mother going to take?
(a) Large animal veterinarian.
(b) Rescuing farm animals.
(c) Advertising sales.
(d) Training a race horse.

8. What does April send Nick a note saying she wants to look for?
(a) His soccer cleats.
(b) His book for book club.
(c) His smile.
(d) His dancing shoes.

9. What doe Nick’s father add to mac-and-cheese?
(a) Worcestershire sauce.
(b) Hamburger meat.
(c) Tabasco sauce.
(d) Mustard.

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

11. Where does Nick wake up after dreaming of moonwalking with Michael Jackson?
(a) In Coby’s guest bedroom.
(b) On the couch.
(c) In his mother’s arms.
(d) In his father’s study.

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

13. Where does April tell Nick Ms. Hardwick is moving?
(a) New York.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

14. Where does Nick invite his mother to for the weekend?
(a) A dance with April.
(b) A tournament in New York.
(c) A tournament in Dallas.
(d) His game at school.

15. What does Nick say April’s last name means?
(a) Compost pile.
(b) Litter of pigs.
(c) Discarded mud.
(d) Ugly painting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the phrase “to nip something in the bud” an example of?

3. What does April give Nick a rain check for?

4. What toy of Coby’s does Nick say he broke?

5. Where does Nick’s mother say she is going to take a job?

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