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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 does Mrs. Zinkoff know when her son in trying to get away?

2. What are children compared to in the first chapter?

3. How does the narrator say someone might get annoyed by a happy child in winter?

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

5. What does Miss Meeks like about Zinkoff?

Short Essay Questions

1. What special gift does Zinkoff make for Andrew?

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

3. How does Zinkoff score his first goal in a soccer game?

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

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

6. How is Zinkoff described in the first chapter?

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

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

9. Why does Zinkoff cry when he leaves Willow Drive?

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

Honor was something that many of the main characters were striving for in this book. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Competition was a main theme in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did Zinkoff's differences affect this theme?

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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