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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What always makes Zinkoff laugh at the dinner table?
(a) His father's description of his day.
(b) His mother's food.
(c) Saying prayers.
(d) His father's rhyming questions.

2. What does Zinkoff pretend the sidewalk is while he walks alone?
(a) A long trail.
(b) Lava.
(c) A puddle.
(d) Bugs.

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

4. How does the narrator say someone might get annoyed by a happy child in winter?
(a) To have to share your activity.
(b) To see they are having more fun than you.
(c) All of these.
(d) To not be a part of the fun.

5. What kind of developmental problem does Zinkoff's teacher think he might have?
(a) Motor control.
(b) Physical stunting.
(c) Mental delay.
(d) Emotional instability.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do students whisper the word Jabip to him after the first incident?

2. What does Zinkoff do when he is ready to go to school?

3. What passes Zinkoff as he is running?

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

5. What are children compared to in the first chapter?

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