She compares Adam to different "life forms" throughout the story.
Who is Andrea?
100
This principal was a disciplinarian and a grump.
Who is Dr. Winter?
100
This caused Zebra to imagine that the zebra in Mr. Wilson's drawing was running across the paper.
What is a fever?
100
This is the reason Zebra was standing by the schoolyard fence when John Wilson first walked by.
What is his hand was hurting badly?
200
full of enthusiasm or joy
What is exuberantly?
200
Everyone in his neighborhood knew him as Zebra, but this was his real name.
Who is Adam Zebrin?
200
She is described as "generous and kind" and Zebra encouraged John Wilson to ask for her.
Who is Mrs. English?
200
This is the reason for why John Wilson was carrying a plastic bag when Zebra first met him.
What is collecting trash/things for his art work.
200
The hat that John Wilson wore had this name on it.
What is "LAND ROVER"?
300
arranged in a complex/difficult way
What is intricate?
300
This teacher's only class was for ten specially chosen students in the 7th and 8th grades who met every week to discuss and analyze stories.
Who is Mrs. English?
300
Each year John Wilson visits the wall in DC and leaves this to honor the memory of his artist friend who died in the Vietnam War.
What is a special gift that someone has created.
300
The helicopter that Zebra made for his art class showed his feelings about this.
What is John Wilson / John Wilson's lost arm?
300
During Zebra's time at summer camp in the Adirondack mountains he hiked, read, made drawings and created artwork. These "seemed slowly to be coming back to life" during that time.
What are the fingers on his injured hand?
400
serious; gloomy
What is somber?
400
He was a "well-known American artist" who conducted summer art classes for students.
Who is John Wilson?
400
When Adam looked at this part of his body he thought about how they looked "like dead leaves that never fell."
What is Adam's left hand?
400
These two items in the story are symbols for John and Zebra because they are both capable of swift movement.
What are a zebra and a helicopter?
400
At the beginning of 8th grade, Zebra received an envelope from John Wilson with these two items inside.
What are a letter and a large color photograph?
500
to shrink in pain or distress
What is wince?
500
He was among John Wilson's closest friends and died in the Vietnam War.
Who is Leon Kellner?
500
John Wilson visited this memorial every year to honor the memory of a friend and leave a gift.
What is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
500
Zebra told a story that represented his own accident in English class about this animal that died from an injury.
What is a bird with a broken wing?
500
Zebra thought that he might do this for the first time since the accident, which was over a year ago.