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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the title of the book refer to?
(a) The address of the orphanage.
(b) A dream Tomie had.
(c) His mother's childhood home.
(d) The house Tomie's father is building.

2. What does Tomie say the first step of building things is?
(a) To buy the land.
(b) To ask permission.
(c) To make a foundation.
(d) To create plans.

3. What state does Nana Fall Water live in?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Montana.
(d) Minnesota.

4. Where does Tomie know candy is always hidden?
(a) The medicine cabinet.
(b) The spice cabinet.
(c) The sewing box.
(d) The sock drawer.

5. What is Tomie's mother's name?
(a) Flo.
(b) Flotia.
(c) Floss.
(d) Flora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Tomie live in at the beginning of the book?

2. What is so strange about the natural disaster that happens at the beginning of the book?

3. What grade does Tomie start at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Tomie's mother do to everyone?

5. What ethnicity is Tomie's extended family on his father's side?

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