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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. MacDonald’s convertible named?
(a) Old Smokey.
(b) Blue Bayou.
(c) The Dragonfly.
(d) Blue Moon River.

2. What does Nick use “rumplestiltskin” to mean (260)?
(a) His foot.
(b) His nose.
(c) His behind.
(d) His chin.

3. What does Nick eat at night, to settle his stomach?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Empanadas.
(d) Chips and soda.

4. What is in the dragonfly box?
(a) We do not find out.
(b) Family jewels.
(c) Money.
(d) Nothing.

5. Whose suggestion does April push aside so Nick can make a book club recommendation?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Coby.
(d) Her own.

6. How does Nick characterize his feelings about his parents divorcing?
(a) Starving.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Dying.
(d) Going deaf.

7. What does Nick bring Mr. MacDonald on when he stops in the library on his way to soccer practice?
(a) A CD of music he likes.
(b) A copy of his father’s dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words.
(c) A birthday gift.
(d) A book he read.

8. What does Coby get his second yellow card for?
(a) Punching Parnell.
(b) A dirty slide tackle.
(c) Tackling Nick’s teammate.
(d) Holding Nick.

9. Whose training comes in handy when Dean Eggleston charges Nick?
(a) His coach.
(b) Miss Quattlebaum.
(c) Mr. MacDonald.
(d) Ms. Hardwick.

10. Why does Nick laugh when his father suggests he take a break from the Dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
(a) Because Nick has already started his own dictionary.
(b) Because he had forgotten all about it.
(c) Because Nick gave it to April.
(d) Because Nick finished it.

11. Where does Nick throw up?
(a) In Parnell’s gym bag.
(b) In his hands.
(c) In the water cooler.
(d) In his shoes.

12. What does Nick tell April he liked about the book he has been reading in the hospital?
(a) The dramatic tension.
(b) The imagery.
(c) The poems.
(d) The characters.

13. Where does Nick ask his parents to take him on his way home from the hospital?
(a) School.
(b) A hamburger joint.
(c) April’s house.
(d) The library.

14. Nick’s father tells him that bullies do not want to fight; what does he tell Nick bullies do want?
(a) To win.
(b) To terrify.
(c) To win attention.
(d) To be challenged.

15. How many goals does Nick score in the playoffs?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many organs does Nick say the human body has?

2. How many pages does Nick read in his book before he turns on the TV?

3. What keeps Nick in the hospital longer than planned?

4. What does “wordbound” mean (294)?

5. How does Nick say he is doing in school when he texts his mother?

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