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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 far away is the school from Zinkoff's house?

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

3. What does Mrs. Biswell not like?

4. How does Zinkoff describe the world when he is ready to go to school?

5. What does Miss Meeks like about Zinkoff?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator say happens when boys get together?

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

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

10. What does Zinkoff wonder as he goes to bed after his first day at school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What did Zinkoff learn from his day on Willow Street, and how did this change his life?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

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