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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 has to be taken out of the backyard?

2. What strange thing does Tomie do while seeing his first Disney movie?

3. What causes Tomie to do something strange while seeing his first Disney movie?

4. How does Tomie mark time as a child?

5. Where does Tomie see his first Disney movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tomie's heritage?

2. How do Tomie's parents feel about what they city is doing along Fairmount Avenue, and why?

3. What is Tomie reminded of while watching the natural disaster?

4. Why are Tomie's favorite movie stars a bit of a surprise?

5. How do Tomie's parents respond to what the city is doing all along Fairmount Avenue?

6. Who has the most dramatic reaction to the hurricane, and why?

7. What caused the long delay in the building of the house?

8. How does Tomie find out about the natural disaster at the beginning of the book?

9. What saves Tomie's house from the hurricane?

10. What does Tomie add to the walls before they are finished?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Individuality and self expression were two things that were very important to some of the major characters in this book. What are some examples of this, and how did these instances alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What happens on Tomie's first day of school, and how does he respond to this?

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