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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where have Nick and Coby’s teams been invited to play?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Santa Fe.

2. What is verbomania?
(a) Obsessive, non-stop talking.
(b) An obsession with words.
(c) Use of surreal words.
(d) A crazy use of words.

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

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

5. What does Nick watch while his father is not at home?
(a) R-rated movies.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Reruns of the Super Bowl.
(d) European soccer games.

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

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

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

9. Why does Nick get out of the house early?
(a) To avoid fighting with his father.
(b) To impress his father.
(c) To call his mother in private.
(d) To avoid being grilled about his homework.

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

11. Why does Nick say that the students at his school cut Mr. MacDonald slack for his weird personality?
(a) He is a bit touched.
(b) He is kind to everyone.
(c) He is a great dancer.
(d) He could have died of a brain tumor.

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

13. What does Coby offer Nick, to inspire him to call April?
(a) Threats of mockery.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Visions of his happiness.
(d) Chocolate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it that got the Egglestons kicked out of school?

2. How does Nick characterize the morning of his mother’s return?

3. Why does Nick’s father ask him to get him a pillow?

4. What is the outcome when Nick and Coby’s team plays the girls team?

5. What doe Nick’s father add to mac-and-cheese?

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