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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 long has Zinkoff's first teacher been teaching?

2. What is Miss Meeks describing when she says Jabip?

3. What does Zinkoff create while he is home from school?

4. How will someone know that a name and a boy go together in Chapter 1?

5. How is Zinkoff's stomach fixed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What makes Zinkoff feel like the Waiting Man?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect 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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