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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of job is Nick’s mother going to take?
(a) Rescuing farm animals.
(b) Large animal veterinarian.
(c) Training a race horse.
(d) Advertising sales.

3. What is Nick’s role as Coby fights with Dean Eggleston?
(a) Bystander.
(b) He breaks it up.
(c) He helps Coby.
(d) He runs for help.

4. Why can Nick not play soccer with Coby after school?
(a) He has to go home and help his mother.
(b) He has to go to band practice.
(c) He has to go to swim class.
(d) He has to go to etiquette class.

5. What is Mr. MacDonald’s favorite animal?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Dragonfly.
(c) Dog.
(d) Chameleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that gives Nick the sense that things are not right with his parents?

2. Why does Nick get out of the house early?

3. What justification does Nick’s father give, for making Nick read the dictionary of Weird and Wonderful Words?

4. Where does Nick invite his mother to for the weekend?

5. What do Nick and Coby say they will have to get, now that Nick’s parents are separating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the Dallas Cup?

2. How does Nick lose his bike?

3. What does Nick try to do, to get to sleep when he cannot sleep?

4. What happens when Dean bursts in and interrupts Nick’s conversation with April?

5. What is the bombshell Nick’s parents drop on him?

6. How is Nick’s team at futsal?

7. What is it that Nick describes as the “best six seconds ever” (98)?

8. How does Mr. MacDonald reprise Nick’s punishment assignment?

9. Who are the Egglestons and what is Nick’s relationship with them like?

10. What is Nick’s reaction to his parents’ bombshell?

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