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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Coby recall Nick’s parents having taken him and Nick?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A museum.
(c) A fun park.
(d) A beach.
2. Why does Nick’s father ask him to get him a pillow?
(a) Because he will be sleeping in his study.
(b) Because he needs to prop up his office chair.
(c) Because his back hurts.
(d) Because wants a footrest under his desk.
3. What does the librarian invite Nick and Coby to join?
(a) Nerds and Words book club.
(b) A futsal tournament.
(c) His bowling league.
(d) The theatre department.
4. What do Nick and Coby say they will have to get, now that Nick’s parents are separating?
(a) Scooters.
(b) Bus passes.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Walking shoes.
5. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) W. E. B. DuBois.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Eartha Kitt.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the phrase “to nip something in the bud” an example of?
2. What does the loser of the ping-pong game between Nick and his mother have do to?
3. Where have Nick and Coby’s teams been invited to play?
4. How does Nick describe the effects of the news that his parents are separating?
5. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did it come to pass that Nick and Coby are on opposing soccer teams?
2. What happens when Nick meets the Egglestons in the library?
3. What is it that brings Nick’s mother back from Kentucky?
4. What are the consequences of Nick’s limerence poem?
5. How does Nick end up talking to April, and what does he say?
6. How does Nick characterize Mr. MacDonald?
7. How does Nick explain the leeway Mr. MacDonald gets from the students of Langston Hughes Middle School?
8. How does Nick lose his bike?
9. How does Nick handle his mother’s departure for Kentucky?
10. What does Mr. MacDonald give Nick in the library, and what are the conditions under which he gives it to him?
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