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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Nick not play football?
(a) He already has a brain condition.
(b) His father will not allow it.
(c) He has bad knees.
(d) Because he was knocked out once, playing football.

3. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?
(a) Bloody nose.
(b) Broken toe.
(c) Plantar fasciitis.
(d) Head laceration.

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

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

6. What is the phrase “to nip something in the bud” an example of?
(a) A euphemism.
(b) A metaphor.
(c) A malapropism.
(d) A simile.

7. What happens in the “best six seconds ever” (98)?
(a) Nick holds April’s face close to his.
(b) Nick gets to look forward to dancing with April.
(c) April tells Nick she admires him.
(d) Nick and April kiss.

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

9. What is the word that describes the fact that Nick complains about footnotes in a book, and then includes a footnote to support his complaint?
(a) Irony.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Contradiction.
(d) Apostrophe.

10. Why does Nick’s mockery of Don’s name not help him?
(a) It is only a day dream.
(b) April thinks he is being crude.
(c) His use of expletives gets him in trouble.
(d) The principal overhears it.

11. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?
(a) Eartha Kitt.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) W. E. B. DuBois.

12. Where does Nick’s mother take him, after he cleans his room?
(a) His favorite restaurant.
(b) Dean and Don’s house.
(c) The soccer field.
(d) School.

13. 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) Scooters.
(d) Bicycles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Ms. Hardwick to call Nick to the front of the class and read his notebook?

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

3. What game does Nick play with his friend Coby?

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

5. What is the literary term for Nick asking his mother, “Why did you BALE” (96)?

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