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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the city move something out in Chapter 4?
(a) To widen the streets.
(b) To clean the area.
(c) To pave the streets.
(d) To put in telephone poles.

2. How does Tomie mark time as a child?
(a) By holidays.
(b) By school years.
(c) By movies.
(d) By the completion of the house.

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

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

5. What does Tomie's mother do for him before bed?
(a) All of these.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Say prayers.
(d) Read books.

6. What is the first Disney movie Tomie sees?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Dumbo.
(c) Pinnocchio.
(d) Cinderella.

7. What ethnicity is Tomie's family on his mother's side?
(a) French.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Itallian.
(d) Irish.

8. What is the name of the town Tomie lives in at the beginning of the book?
(a) Montpelier.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Meriden.
(d) Madison.

9. How old is Tomie's brother at the beginning of the book?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

10. Who does Tomie share with when he finds what he thinks is candy when there are none in the regular spot?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

11. How does Tomie feel about the natural disaster that happens at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is amazed.
(b) He is excited.
(c) He is ambivalent.
(d) He is scared.

12. How does Tomie include his distant family in his new house?
(a) He talks to them about it.
(b) He sends them pictures.
(c) He writes about them.
(d) He draws them on the wall.

13. What does Tomie think saved his new house during the natural disaster?
(a) It wasn't in town.
(b) It wasn't finished.
(c) His mother placed holy water on it.
(d) He prayed about it.

14. What is the name of Tomie's father?
(a) Joe.
(b) Job.
(c) Jon.
(d) Jake.

15. How does Tomie feel about what his father is building?
(a) He is confused by it.
(b) He is excited about it.
(c) He thinks it is a waste of money.
(d) He is angry about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tomie's favorite thing to do in his spare time?

2. Why does Tomie say he will never forget the year that this book starts out?

3. What is the name of Tomie's favorite grandfather?

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

5. How does Tomie's father respond to what happens to the house after the city moves something out?

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