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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 31-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book have Nick’s parents required him to read?
(a) His father’s dictionary Weird and Wonderful Words.
(b) His mother’s training manuals.
(c) His father’s copy of the Bible.
(d) A biography of Pelé.

3. Why does Nick say that the students at his school cut Mr. MacDonald slack for his weird personality?
(a) He is kind to everyone.
(b) He is a bit touched.
(c) He is a great dancer.
(d) He could have died of a brain tumor.

4. Who is Nick and Coby’s middle school named for?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) W. E. B. DuBois.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Eartha Kitt.

5. What does Nick wake up to, in the second poem of the book?
(a) The sound of his parents fighting.
(b) The silence of an empty house.
(c) The smell of bacon.
(d) The sound of his friend arriving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick tormented by, after his parents tell him that they are separating?

2. What is Nick Hall’s mother’s profession?

3. How does Nick describe the effects of the news that his parents are separating?

4. What is verbomania?

5. What is Nick Hall’s father’s profession?

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