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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Yalowitz see in Zinkoff?

3. Why do students whisper the word Jabip to him after the first incident?

4. What does Zinkoff do when he is ready to go to school?

5. Why do Zinkoff and Andrew stop being friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Zinkoff described in the first chapter?

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

4. What makes Zinkoff feel like the Waiting Man?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the main differences between Zinkoff and the other children in his life, and how did this affect him?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in this novel all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters, write their main motivation throughout the book, and explain how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Zinkoff presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around him?

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