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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 123-154.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the loser of the ping-pong game between Nick and his mother have do to?
(a) Dust the bookshelves.
(b) The dishes.
(c) Vacuum.
(d) Shovel the driveway.

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

3. What is “onomotophobia”?
(a) Fear of bugs in your ear.
(b) Fear of open spaces.
(c) Fear of heights.
(d) Fear of hearing a particular word.

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

5. Where does Nick’s mother take him, after he cleans his room?
(a) His favorite restaurant.
(b) The soccer field.
(c) School.
(d) Dean and Don’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nick’s mockery of Don’s name not help him?

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

3. What is the injury that pulls Nick’s team’s goalie out of the futsal game?

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

5. What does Nick accuse his parents of?

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