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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tom's occupation?
(a) College professor.
(b) Hotel manager.
(c) Store owner.
(d) Newspaper editor.

2. What does Tomie want to learn most at school?
(a) To draw.
(b) To add.
(c) To read.
(d) To build.

3. What is the name of Charlie's girlfriend?
(a) Veronica.
(b) Valerie.
(c) Violet.
(d) Viva.

4. What is Tomie disappointed about on his first day of school?
(a) He is not in Carol's class.
(b) He is not in his house yet.
(c) He has to go in the afternoon.
(d) He does not have new clothes.

5. What is strange about Tomie coming home his first day of school?
(a) He leaves late.
(b) He follows Carol.
(c) He doesn't tell his mother.
(d) He leaves school early.

6. Why is the house sprayed down during the backyard project?
(a) To keep it cool.
(b) To keep it safe from the fire.
(c) To adhere the plaster.
(d) To clean it down.

7. What part of the house gets flooded during the storm?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The living room.

8. What does Tomie say about his house at the end of the book?
(a) It is a dream fulfilled.
(b) It is the answer to prayers.
(c) It is the beginning to his story.
(d) It is a sticking place.

9. What does Tomie call the tool used to finish the backyard?
(a) The Contraption.
(b) The power.
(c) The doodad.
(d) The thingamajig.

10. What event does Tomie's mother attend on New Year's Eve?
(a) A dinner.
(b) A meeting.
(c) A debate.
(d) A dance.

11. What does Tomie's mother do when she hears the city will have to fix something after the storm?
(a) Cries.
(b) Swears.
(c) Laughs.
(d) None of these.

12. What does the storm in Chapter 7 mess up at the house?
(a) The windows.
(b) The light post.
(c) The fence.
(d) The backyard.

13. What are the burlap bags used for in the backyard project?
(a) To catch bugs.
(b) To collect weeds.
(c) To control the fire.
(d) To spread seeds.

14. What does the city have to fix after the storm in Chapter 7?
(a) Fairmount Ave.
(b) The school.
(c) All of these.
(d) The library.

15. When does Tomie meet Miss Burke?
(a) The day before school.
(b) The first day of school.
(c) The third day of school.
(d) The last day of school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Burke's job?

2. How long will Tomie have to wait to learn what he wants in school?

3. What kind of storm hits in Chapter 7?

4. Who does Tomie want to take him to school his first day?

5. When does the backyard project begin?

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