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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. How does Zinkoff describe every day at school?
(a) Nice.
(b) Hard.
(c) Scary.
(d) Exciting.

2. What does Zinkoff pretend the sidewalk is while he walks alone?
(a) Lava.
(b) A long trail.
(c) Bugs.
(d) A puddle.

3. Who does Zinkoff want to hold his hand as he goes to school?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) Nobody.
(d) His mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrew call Zinkoff's neighborhood?

2. What does Zinkoff do when he sees what seat Mrs. Biswell puts him in?

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

4. What winter activity is listed in the first chapter?

5. What does Zinkoff wear to school on his first day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zinkoff play in orchestra, and why?

2. Why does Zinkoff feel like he can run forever?

3. Why is Andrew sulking when his new neighbors come to visit?

4. What does the narrator say the children do not notice about Zinkoff at a young age?

5. What does Zinkoff practice after his first soccer game?

6. Why does Zinkoff throw up often?

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

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

9. How is the narration of the first chapter different from the rest of the book?

10. What do Zinkoff and his father discuss during lunch on their day at Willow Drive, and why?

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