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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 has changed about Zinkoff to make his differences be discovered?
(a) He had a surgery.
(b) He is taller.
(c) His laughter is more chronic.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does the button say that Miss Meeks puts on Zinkoff?
(a) I know I can behave.
(b) I will live up to my potentional.
(c) I will respect myself and others.
(d) I will be better.

3. How does Mrs. Biswell create her seating chart?
(a) She lets the students choose.
(b) She puts the problem children in the front.
(c) By height.
(d) Alphabetically.

4. What are children compared to in the first chapter?
(a) Trash cans.
(b) Parked cars.
(c) Scenery.
(d) All of these.

5. How does Zinkoff feel about the button given to him by Miss Meeks?
(a) It is a badge of honor.
(b) It is pretty.
(c) It was mean.
(d) It is a disgrace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a third grader do to hurt Zinkoff on his first day in Mrs. Biswell's class?

2. What kind of students does Mrs. Biswell appreciate?

3. What does Miss Meeks like about Zinkoff?

4. What is Zinkoff's sister's name?

5. What kind of hat does Zinkoff's teacher wear on his first day of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Zinkoff's differences suddenly noticed in the 4th grade?

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

3. How does Zinkoff describe his first day of school to his mother?

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

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

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

7. What do Zinkoff and his father do on Willow Street?

8. What do Zinkoff and his father discuss during lunch on their day at Willow Drive, and why?

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

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

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