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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 Zinkoff do when someone on the playground takes his hat?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Runs after it.
(c) Cries.
(d) Walks away.

2. What does Mrs. Biswell not like?
(a) Schools.
(b) Reading.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Children.

3. How does Zinkoff describe the world when he is ready to go to school?
(a) Strange.
(b) Bright.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Exciting.

4. What does Zinkoff's sister get that makes him jealous?
(a) A crib.
(b) Baby food.
(c) 2 stars.
(d) Attention.

5. Who does Zinkoff feel like when he is at home from school?
(a) The Waiting Man.
(b) A prisoner.
(c) An evil scientist.
(d) The Sick Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say someone might get annoyed by a happy child in winter?

2. Why did Mrs. Biswell become a teacher?

3. How does Zinkoff feel about the button given to him by Miss Meeks?

4. How many steps lead to Zinkoff's cellar?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Zinkoff cry when he leaves Willow Drive?

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

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

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

7. What is Zinkoff's big test?

8. How is Zinkoff described in the first chapter?

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

10. What happens when a bully tries to take Zinkoff's hat on the playground?

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