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

2. How does Zinkoff describe every day at school?
(a) Hard.
(b) Nice.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Scary.

3. What does Zinkoff wear to school on his first day?
(a) A bow tie.
(b) A giraffe hat.
(c) A bandana.
(d) A cumberbund.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say boys will always do, when together?

2. What passes Zinkoff as he is running?

3. What always makes Zinkoff laugh at the dinner table?

4. What does Zinkoff never do when he is young?

5. How does Mrs. Zinkoff know when her son in trying to get away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the Waiting Man waiting for?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Zinkoff throw up often?

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