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

2. What does Nick watch while his father is not at home?
(a) Reruns of the Super Bowl.
(b) R-rated movies.
(c) Baseball.
(d) European soccer games.

3. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?
(a) Plantar fasciitis.
(b) Bloody nose.
(c) Broken toe.
(d) Head laceration.

4. What kind of award does Mr. MacDonald have in his room?
(a) Writers Guild.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Grammy.
(d) Tony.

5. What is the type of poem that spells a word with the first letter of each line?
(a) Acrostic.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Villanelle
(d) Ode.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does April give Nick a rain check for?

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

4. What does Nick say that gets him into trouble with his father?

5. What does Coby offer Nick, to inspire him to call April?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. MacDonald give Nick in the library, and what are the conditions under which he gives it to him?

3. What does Nick try to do, to get to sleep when he cannot sleep?

4. How did it come to pass that Nick and Coby are on opposing soccer teams?

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

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

7. What is the style of Booked?

8. What is the significance of the Dallas Cup?

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

10. What is Nick’s relationship with books and literature like?

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