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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zinkoff's father ask him every day at dinner?
(a) How do you do?
(b) What's new?
(c) How was school?
(d) Are we happy?

2. What does Mrs. Zinkoff take to her new neighbors?
(a) Some cookies.
(b) Some bread.
(c) A cake.
(d) A platter of cheese.

3. What is Andrew's father's occupation?
(a) Banker.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Mailman.

4. What does Miss Meeks like about Zinkoff?
(a) He is kind to others.
(b) He is easily amused.
(c) He tries hard.
(d) He loves school.

5. What does Zinkoff throw up on in Mrs. Biswell's class?
(a) Her eraser.
(b) Her desk.
(c) The floor.
(d) His desk.

6. Why do Zinkoff and Andrew stop being friends?
(a) Zinkoff's parents won't let Andrew play.
(b) Andrew moves away.
(c) Mr. Orwell won't let Andrew play with Zinkoff.
(d) Zinkoff gets sick.

7. Why does Zinkoff get in trouble on his first day of school?
(a) He forgets his shirt.
(b) He gets to school too late.
(c) He leaves before his mother is ready.
(d) He gets to school too early.

8. What does Zinkoff do when he sees what seat Mrs. Biswell puts him in?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Sings.
(d) Yells.

9. How does Zinkoff feel about the button given to him by Miss Meeks?
(a) It is a disgrace.
(b) It is pretty.
(c) It was mean.
(d) It is a badge of honor.

10. What does Zinkoff love to hear more than anything?
(a) Songs.
(b) Stories.
(c) Funny words.
(d) Poems.

11. What does Miss Meeks wish Zinkoff had more of?
(a) Obedience.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Self-control.
(d) Happiness.

12. What is Zinkoff's first name?
(a) Don.
(b) Donald.
(c) Dustan.
(d) David.

13. What does a third grader do to hurt Zinkoff on his first day in Mrs. Biswell's class?
(a) Calls him a name.
(b) Kicks him.
(c) Twists his arm.
(d) Takes his stars away.

14. How does Zinkoff feel when someone says his hat is theirs?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Angry.

15. Why did Mrs. Biswell become a teacher?
(a) Her husband wanted her to.
(b) She doesn't know.
(c) She is good at it.
(d) There were few jobs for women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zinkoff's mother watch him as he goes to school on his first day?

2. Why does Zinkoff go to school on a weekend?

3. How does Andrew's father plan to get them moved to a new house?

4. What does Zinkoff do when someone on the playground takes his hat?

5. What do Zinkoff's parents do when he gets out of control at the table?

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