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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Meeks wish Zinkoff had more of?

2. Why does Zinkoff get in trouble on his first day of school?

3. Who brought Zinkoff home from school on the weekend?

4. How does Zinkoff discover he can run forever?

5. What kind of developmental problem does Zinkoff's teacher think he might have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Zinkoff react to his first soccer game?

3. What is unusual about Zinkoff's first time leaving his home alone?

4. What makes Zinkoff feel like the Waiting Man?

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

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

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

8. What does Zinkoff wonder as he goes to bed after his first day at school?

9. What special gift does Zinkoff make for Andrew?

10. What is the Waiting Man waiting for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Honor was something that many of the main characters were striving for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Jerry Spinelli have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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