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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 Mrs. Biswell not like?
(a) Reading.
(b) Schools.
(c) Children.
(d) Chalk.

2. Where does Zinkoff have a birthmark?
(a) His neck.
(b) His leg.
(c) His cheek.
(d) His arm.

3. Why do students whisper the word Jabip to him after the first incident?
(a) To see him happy.
(b) To annoy the teacher.
(c) To see him cry.
(d) To make him laugh.

4. What does Zinkoff's sister get that makes him jealous?
(a) 2 stars.
(b) A crib.
(c) Attention.
(d) Baby food.

5. What does Zinkoff create while he is home from school?
(a) A cast.
(b) A puppet.
(c) A test.
(d) A play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zinkoff get from his mother after his first day at school?

2. Why is Zinkoff out of school for so long?

3. What does Zinkoff wear to school on his first day?

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

5. How does Zinkoff discover he can run forever?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Andrew sulking when his new neighbors come to visit?

2. What does Zinkoff think his mother's star stickers are?

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

4. When does the narrator say Zinkoff is most profoundly discovered?

5. Why does Zinkoff feel like he can run forever?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the Waiting Man waiting for?

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