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

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

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

4. What is Nick tormented by, after his parents tell him that they are separating?
(a) Fainting spells.
(b) Stomach aches.
(c) Asthma attacks.
(d) Hallucinations.

5. Why can Nick not play soccer with Coby after school?
(a) He has to go home and help his mother.
(b) He has to go to etiquette class.
(c) He has to go to band practice.
(d) He has to go to swim class.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book goes Nick have to find a malapropism in, as punishment for his inattentiveness?

3. What does the librarian invite Nick and Coby to join?

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

5. Why does Mr. MacDonald say readers read?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the bombshell Nick’s parents drop on him?

2. How does Nick handle his mother’s departure for Kentucky?

3. What is the fallout of the fight Coby and Dean Eggleston have in the cafeteria?

4. What is it that brings Nick’s mother back from Kentucky?

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

6. What is Nick like as a student?

7. How does Nick end up talking to April, and what does he say?

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

9. How does Nick explain the leeway Mr. MacDonald gets from the students of Langston Hughes Middle School?

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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