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

2. What passes Zinkoff as he is running?
(a) A bird.
(b) A car.
(c) Older boys.
(d) Some dogs.

3. Where does Zinkoff have a birthmark?
(a) His cheek.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His neck.

4. What is the name of Zinkoff's first school?
(a) John W. Satterfield Elementary.
(b) John Wilkins Elementary.
(c) John Quincy Adams School for Children.
(d) John Adams Academy.

5. What does Andrew call Zinkoff's neighborhood?
(a) A dump.
(b) The subrubs.
(c) A pit stop.
(d) The ghetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Zinkoff know when her son in trying to get away?

2. How far away is the school from Zinkoff's house?

3. What does Zinkoff's father ask him every day at dinner?

4. What does Mr. Yalowitz see in Zinkoff?

5. What is Zinkoff's first teacher's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mr. Yalowitz different from all the other teachers Zinkoff has had?

2. What do Zinkoff and his father do on Willow Street?

3. What does the narrator say happens when boys get together?

4. What does Mrs. Zinkoff call her husband's car, and why?

5. How is Zinkoff described in the first chapter?

6. Why does Mr. Zinkoff take his son to Willow Street on a Sunday?

7. Why are Zinkoff's differences suddenly noticed in the 4th grade?

8. What does Miss Meeks say in her opening speech to her class?

9. What is Zinkoff's big test?

10. When does the narrator say Zinkoff is most profoundly discovered?

(see the answer keys)

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