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

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

3. What does the button say that Miss Meeks puts on Zinkoff?
(a) I will live up to my potentional.
(b) I know I can behave.
(c) I will be better.
(d) I will respect myself and others.

4. What day of school does Zinkoff want to miss?
(a) The Testing Day.
(b) A Snow Day.
(c) Take Your Child to Work Day.
(d) Mother's Appreciation Day.

5. What does Zinkoff do when he sees what seat Mrs. Biswell puts him in?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Yells.
(c) Sings.
(d) Cries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has changed about Zinkoff to make his differences be discovered?

3. What does Zinkoff's father ask him every day at dinner?

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

5. How long has Zinkoff's first teacher been teaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Zinkoff's big test?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What makes Zinkoff feel like the Waiting Man?

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. What does Zinkoff play in orchestra, and why?

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