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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 is Zinkoff's sister's name?
(a) Molly.
(b) Polly.
(c) Sally.
(d) Tally.

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

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

4. Where does Zinkoff want to go when he is out of school for so long?
(a) To the store.
(b) To the doctor.
(c) Outside.
(d) To school.

5. What did Zinkoff do when Miss Meeks talked about Jabip?
(a) He laughed so hard he fell off his chair.
(b) He wrote the word down over and over.
(c) He jumped around repeating the word.
(d) He got confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Biswell not like?

2. How far away is the school from Zinkoff's house?

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

4. Why did Mrs. Biswell become a teacher?

5. What is the name of Zinkoff's first school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is unusual about Zinkoff's first time leaving his home alone?

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

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

7. Why does Zinkoff throw up often?

8. What special gift does Zinkoff make for Andrew?

9. How is Zinkoff described in the first chapter?

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

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