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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. What does Nick say love and happiness sink in when his mother leaves?
(a) A river.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Quicksand.
(d) A swamp.

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

3. What card game do Nick and Coby play on the way to school?
(a) Blackjack.
(b) Poker.
(c) Gin.
(d) War.

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

5. What is the phrase “to nip something in the butt” an example of?
(a) An insult.
(b) A malapropism.
(c) A jeremiad.
(d) A philippic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does April compliment when she sees Nick after her swim practice?

3. Where have Nick and Coby’s teams been invited to play?

4. What does Mr. MacDonald distract Nick with, while he slips a book into his hands?

5. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Egglestons and what is Nick’s relationship with them like?

2. What happens in Nick and April’s conversation after her swim practice?

3. What happens when Dean bursts in and interrupts Nick’s conversation with April?

4. Why is Nick prevented from going to his soccer tournament on the weekend?

5. What happens when Nick meets the Egglestons in the library?

6. What is it that Nick describes as the “best six seconds ever” (98)?

7. What is Nick like as a student?

8. What is it like for Nick, to have his mother back in town?

9. How does Mr. MacDonald reprise Nick’s punishment assignment?

10. What is the significance of the Dallas Cup?

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