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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 kind of developmental problem does Zinkoff's teacher think he might have?
(a) Motor control.
(b) Emotional instability.
(c) Physical stunting.
(d) Mental delay.

2. How does Zinkoff feel when someone says his hat is theirs?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Ambivalent.

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

4. What does the narrator say boys will always do, when together?
(a) Compete.
(b) Gang up.
(c) Get along.
(d) Discuss.

5. How does Andrew's father plan to get them moved to a new house?
(a) By investing well.
(b) By selling the house.
(c) By getting a raise.
(d) By getting a divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Zinkoff does Mrs. Biswell say is atrocious?

2. What does Miss Meeks like about Zinkoff?

3. What is Zinkoff's first teacher's name?

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

5. Where has Zinkoff spent most of his life, before he goes to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zinkoff practice after his first soccer game?

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

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

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

5. Why does Mr. Zinkoff take his son to Willow Street on a Sunday?

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

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

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

9. What makes Zinkoff feel like the Waiting Man?

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

(see the answer keys)

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