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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 248-278.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?
(a) Being ready for college.
(b) Being alert to lies and rhetoric.
(c) Being attractive to girls.
(d) Being disciplined in understanding language.

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

3. What does Nick think he needs to do, to solve the problems that got him into therapy?
(a) Go to the teacher or principal.
(b) Meditate.
(c) Learn to fight.
(d) Move.

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

5. How does Nick characterize the morning of his mother’s return?
(a) Ominously quiet.
(b) Eerie and unprecedented.
(c) Otherworldly.
(d) Just like old times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nick not play football?

2. What does Coby get his second yellow card for?

3. What is the bad news the nurse tells Nick?

4. In the family court decision about whether Nick will go horseback riding with April, what does Nick’s father base his decision on?

5. What does Nick compare himself to after his surgery?

(see the answer key)

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