Loser Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Loser Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. How does Mrs. Biswell create her seating chart?

2. When does Zinkoff go down to his cellar?

3. Who does Zinkoff want to hold his hand as he goes to school?

4. What is the name of Zinkoff's first school?

5. What does Mrs. Biswell not like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Waiting Man waiting for?

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

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

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

6. How does Zinkoff score his first goal in a soccer game?

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

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

9. What is Zinkoff's big test?

10. What does Zinkoff think his mother's star stickers are?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How did Zinkoff show his persistent nature, and what effect did this attribute have on other people in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

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