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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the outcome when Nick and Coby’s team plays the girls team?
(a) They win 5-3.
(b) They lose 5-3.
(c) They win 13-0.
(d) They tie.

2. What does Nick’s mother nag him to do?
(a) Walking the dog
(b) Calling his grandparents.
(c) Reading for book club.
(d) Household chores.

3. What game does Nick play with his friend Coby?
(a) Grand Theft Auto.
(b) FIFA online.
(c) Fortnite.
(d) Minecraft.

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

5. Why does Mr. MacDonald say readers read?
(a) To discover other people and places.
(b) To be satisfied with knowing.
(c) To be hungry for knowledge.
(d) To discover themselves.

6. What is the deadline by which Nick and Coby have said they will both have girlfriends?
(a) End of the school year.
(b) Start of ninth grade.
(c) High school graduation.
(d) Valentine’s day.

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

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

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

10. What does Nick’s mother chide him for?
(a) Not being a good friend to Coby.
(b) Fighting with the Egglestons.
(c) Not calling her.
(d) Not calling April.

11. What word does Nick see when he starts to tear pages out of his fathers dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
(a) Sweven.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Limerence.
(d) Logorrhea.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick say he is a pro at?

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

3. What does Mr. MacDonald distract Nick with, while he slips a book into his hands?

4. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?

5. Why does Nick’s mockery of Don’s name not help him?

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