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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 silence at dinner.
(b) Their forced humor.
(c) Their indifference to routines.
(d) Their barely-concealed tears.

2. What toy of Coby’s does Nick say he broke?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A car.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A video game.

3. Where does Coby recall Nick’s parents having taken him and Nick?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A beach.
(c) A fun park.
(d) A museum.

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

5. What is “limerence”?
(a) A kind of fabric.
(b) The glow of a light.
(c) A crush.
(d) A citrus fruit.

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

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

8. How regularly will Nick’s mother come home to visit?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every other weekend.
(c) Three nights a week.
(d) Every weekend.

9. What is Nick Hall’s mother’s profession?
(a) Horse trainer.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Musician.

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

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

12. When does April tell Nick to meet her?
(a) Before school.
(b) At lunch.
(c) After swim class.
(d) After dinner.

13. What does April give Nick a rain check for?
(a) A big hug.
(b) A movie out.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A long story.

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

15. How many fans will attend the tournament Nick and Coby have been invited to play in?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nick and Coby say they will have to get, now that Nick’s parents are separating?

2. Why can Nick not play soccer with Coby after school?

3. Who does Nick appeal to, when his parents tell him that he cannot play soccer this weekend?

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

5. What does April send Nick a note saying she wants to look for?

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