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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 doe Nick’s father add to mac-and-cheese?
(a) Mustard.
(b) Tabasco sauce.
(c) Worcestershire sauce.
(d) Hamburger meat.

2. What is the phrase “to nip something in the bud” an example of?
(a) A euphemism.
(b) A metaphor.
(c) A simile.
(d) A malapropism.

3. What does Mr. MacDonald distract Nick with, while he slips a book into his hands?
(a) His lunch.
(b) His photographs.
(c) His Grammy award.
(d) His dragonfly box.

4. What book goes Nick have to find a malapropism in, as punishment for his inattentiveness?
(a) Into the Dust.
(b) Tuck Everlasting.
(c) Huck Finn.
(d) Lord of the Flies.

5. What do Dean and Don take from Nick?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His lunch.
(c) His bus pass.
(d) His bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick’s father instruct Nick to do, when Nick leaves the house?

2. What is Nick’s father about to do, when he sees Nick leaving the house?

3. What is “onomotophobia”?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of “limerence” (114)?

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

3. What is Nick’s relationship with his mother like?

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

5. What is the style of Booked?

6. What is Nick’s reaction to his parents’ bombshell?

7. How does Nick characterize futsal?

8. What is the significance of the Dallas Cup?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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