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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick get back at the pool party?
(a) His bus pass.
(b) His pride.
(c) His bike.
(d) His soccer cleats.

2. Why does Winifred show up at Nick’s house?
(a) For book club.
(b) To sell Girl Scout cookies.
(c) To deliver the class Get Well card.
(d) To ask him to the formal dance.

3. What does Coby get his first yellow card for?
(a) A high kick.
(b) Mouthing off to the referee.
(c) Knocking Parnell down.
(d) A slide tackle.

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

5. How far has Nick gotten into his father’s dictionary, when he is in the hospital?
(a) Rs.
(b) Ws.
(c) Ls.
(d) Ys.

6. When Nick calls April, how long does her father give Nick to talk to her?
(a) 1 minute.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

7. How many pages does Nick read in his book before he turns on the TV?
(a) 6 pages.
(b) 22 pages.
(c) 54 pages.
(d) 18 pages.

8. How long will Nick be out of school after surgery?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) A day.
(c) A couple of days.
(d) A month.

9. Who is Mr. MacDonald’s girlfriend?
(a) April’s aunt.
(b) Ms. Hardwick.
(c) The principal.
(d) Coby’s mother’s friend.

10. What kind of book is the book Nick recommends for book club?
(a) Epic poetry.
(b) Epistolary novel.
(c) Play.
(d) Memoir.

11. What does Coby mean when he tells Nick he was “booked” (209)?
(a) He got arrested.
(b) He made plans.
(c) He got thrown out of the soccer game.
(d) He was forced to read a book.

12. What reason does Nick give Coby, when he says he cannot come over?
(a) He is not feeling well.
(b) April is coming to his house.
(c) He is grounded.
(d) He has to do chores.

13. What was the source of the statement that put up red flags for Nick’s family?
(a) His desire to kill himself.
(b) Something a friend told him.
(c) An Eminem song.
(d) A philosophy book he was reading.

14. How does Coby convince Nick to ask April out?
(a) He brings April over to talk to Nick.
(b) He makes chicken noises to shame him.
(c) He writes April a note in Nick’s name.
(d) He tells Charlene that Nick has something to ask April.

15. What does “irascent” mean (218)?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Content.
(d) Belligerent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nick laugh when his father suggests he take a break from the Dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?

2. How does Nick say he is doing in school when he texts his mother?

3. What does Nick use “rumplestiltskin” to mean (260)?

4. How does Nick characterize the relationship between his team and Coby’s?

5. What is it that keeps Nick from asking April to be his girlfriend?

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