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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Tomie draw on the walls before they are finished?
(a) Animals.
(b) His family.
(c) Trees.
(d) His future.

4. How old is Tomie at the beginning of the book?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. What state does Nana Downstairs live in?
(a) Colorado.
(b) California.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tomie want to be when he grows up?

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

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

4. Who does Tomie take to see the Disney movie the second time?

5. Why are people sent home early from school at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tomie talk so much about the building of his new house?

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

3. Who are Tomie's favorite movie stars?

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

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

6. How did Nana Fall Water get her name?

7. How does Tomie's father plan to finish the house after the big delay?

8. Why does Tomie say he will never forget the year of the hurricane?

9. What bothered Tomie about the movie "Snow White"?

10. What is 26 Fairmount Avenue?

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