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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Murray ignoring that Nick finds out about?
(a) The weather announcement.
(b) Phone calls from Arnold.
(c) Letters from Child Welfare.
(d) The newspaper ads.

2. Murray ask Nick if he's considered being the first twelve-year-old where?
(a) In high school.
(b) Working at McDonald's.
(c) In space.
(d) Working at the movie theater.

3. Why doesn't Nick go to school?
(a) He is celebrating Irving R. Feldman's birthday.
(b) Murray tells him to stay home because Murray wants to go sightseeing.
(c) Because he slept in.
(d) He is sick.

4. Who says, "women seldom sense when they have become boring"?
(a) Nick.
(b) Murray.
(c) Albert.
(d) Leo.

5. Nick tries to cheer Murray up and suggests they visit what?
(a) Nick's school.
(b) The library.
(c) The Statue of Liberty.
(d) Their next-door neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist in <i>A Thousand Clowns</i>?

2. How old is Nick?

3. How tall is Nick's plastic hula dancer?

4. What has Murray avoided from the Child Welfare?

5. What is the name of the person that Nick has been staying with when Murray is "working"?

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