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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 are the winners of the 5th grade Field Day given?

2. What does Zinkoff spell while looking for Claudia?

3. What wakes Zinkoff up when he starts to doze while searching for Claudia?

4. What do the students do on in-service day at school?

5. Where does Zinkoff go for Field Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zinkoff feel when he sees a snowplow while he is looking for Claudia, and why?

2. What scares Zinkoff when he first wakes up after searching for Claudia?

3. Why does Zinkoff end up quitting most of the clubs that he joins in middle school?

4. Why does Zinkoff talk so much to the old lady?

5. Why is Zinkoff mad when a man finds him in the snow?

6. What is different about Claudia?

7. What is Zinkoff doing when he sees the police cars heading for Willow Street?

8. Who are Zinkoff's favorite teachers, and why?

9. What does Claudia do when she sees Zinkoff after he wakes up?

10. Why is it so frustrating when Zinkoff's pockets get wet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What did Zinkoff feel about friendship, and why was this so central to the plot?

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