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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 tie.
(b) They lose 5-3.
(c) They win 13-0.
(d) They win 5-3.

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

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

4. What does Nick say gives everything else in his life meaning?
(a) Books.
(b) Coby.
(c) Soccer.
(d) April.

5. What book goes Nick have to find a malapropism in, as punishment for his inattentiveness?
(a) Lord of the Flies.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) Into the Dust.
(d) Tuck Everlasting.

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

7. What does April compliment when she sees Nick after her swim practice?
(a) His bicycle.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His jeans.
(d) His backpack.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does Coby say when Nick apologizes for not jumping in to save him?
(a) He tells him to deal the cards for blackjack.
(b) He tells him they will settle it in Dallas.
(c) He says that it’s no big deal.
(d) He says that Nick owes him one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many players are on each team in futsal?

2. What does Nick watch while his father is not at home?

3. Where does Coby recall Nick’s parents having taken him and Nick?

4. What happens in the “best six seconds ever” (98)?

5. What does Nick’s mother nag him to do?

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