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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 the narrator say boys will always do, when together?
(a) Compete.
(b) Get along.
(c) Gang up.
(d) Discuss.

2. Why did Mrs. Biswell become a teacher?
(a) Her husband wanted her to.
(b) She is good at it.
(c) There were few jobs for women.
(d) She doesn't know.

3. Who yells at Mrs. Biswell for being unkind to Zinkoff?
(a) Mrs. Zinkoff.
(b) Andrew.
(c) The Principal.
(d) Mr. Zinkoff.

4. What is not noticed in the first chapter?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Seasons.
(c) Time passing.
(d) Children.

5. When does Zinkoff go down to his cellar?
(a) At bed time.
(b) When his father gets home.
(c) During Polly's nap.
(d) In the morning before everyone wakes up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Zinkoff do when someone on the playground takes his hat?

3. What day of school does Zinkoff want to miss?

4. Where does Zinkoff have a birthmark?

5. Where does Mrs. Zinkoff put Polly's crib when Zinkoff is home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Zinkoff throw up often?

6. What special gift does Zinkoff make for Andrew?

7. What is the Waiting Man waiting for?

8. What is Zinkoff's big test?

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

10. How is Zinkoff described in the first chapter?

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