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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. What kind of hat does Zinkoff's teacher wear on his first day of school?

2. What does Zinkoff throw up on in Mrs. Biswell's class?

3. What is not noticed in the first chapter?

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

5. How will someone know that a name and a boy go together in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Zinkoff's big test?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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