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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 Tomie's mother do to everyone?
(a) Sings songs to them.
(b) Prays over them.
(c) Pinches their cheeks.
(d) Sprinkles holy water on them.

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

3. Why are people sent home early from school at the beginning of the book?
(a) There is a holiday.
(b) The principal gets sick.
(c) The power goes out.
(d) The storm is coming.

4. What does the cellar covering create?
(a) The house floor.
(b) The foundation.
(c) Camoflage.
(d) Sturdy walking space.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does this book start out in?

2. What does Tomie think saved his new house during the natural disaster?

3. What kind of dwelling does Tomie live in at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Tomie say studs are for?

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

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