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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 winter activity is listed in the first chapter?
(a) Sledding.
(b) Snowman making.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Snow shoeing.

2. What does Zinkoff throw up on in Mrs. Biswell's class?
(a) The floor.
(b) His desk.
(c) Her desk.
(d) Her eraser.

3. Who brought Zinkoff home from school on the weekend?
(a) The Principal.
(b) His parents.
(c) Miss Meeks.
(d) His friends.

4. How does Zinkoff's mother watch him as he goes to school on his first day?
(a) She follows behind him silently.
(b) She follows in her car.
(c) She watches out the window.
(d) She can see his tall hat.

5. What does Mrs. Zinkoff take to her new neighbors?
(a) A platter of cheese.
(b) A cake.
(c) Some cookies.
(d) Some bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Zinkoff's occupation?

2. What kind of developmental problem does Zinkoff's teacher think he might have?

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

4. Where does Zinkoff have a birthmark?

5. What is the first thing Zinkoff learns at school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Miss Meeks say in her opening speech to her class?

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

10. What does Andrew's father think of the neighborhood, and why?

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