This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. Why does Donald Zinkoff run so much?

A) He’s trying to escape from home.

B) He does it for the joy of it.

C) He wants to impress others.

D) He’s always in a big hurry.

2. In elementary school, what is Donald especially good at?

A) nothing

B) running

C) all sports

D) arithmetic

3. How does Donald feel about school?

A) He hates it.

B) He tolerates it.

C) He loves it.

D) He fears it.

4. Donald’s first-grade teacher utters a made-up silly word, “Jabip.” How does Donald react?

A) He bursts into tears and runs all the way home.

B) He laughs and can’t stop for days, causing turmoil.

C) He throws up and gets sent to the nurse’s office.

D) He writes a story about the adventures of Mr Jabip.

5. What happens when Donald bakes a giant snickerdoodle cookie and presents it to his new neighbor, Andrew?