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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. What does Tomie imagine each time the city takes something out?
(a) Electric lights flooding the area.
(b) His house going into the sky.
(c) A castle on a hill.
(d) Guarding a large stone wall.

2. Who does Tomie see his first Disney movie with?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His school mates.

3. What is Mr. Nesci's first name?
(a) Timmy.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Tally.
(d) Tony.

4. Who does Tomie visit every Sunday?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His grandmother.

5. What is Tomie reminded of during the natural disaster at the beginning of the book?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) The Wizard of Oz.
(c) A painting he saw.
(d) A book he read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lets Tomie draw on the walls before they are finished?

2. What is placed over Tomie's new cellar?

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

4. What ethnicity is Tomie's family on his mother's side?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is included in the backyard project?

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

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

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

5. How does Tomie feel about his heritage?

6. What does Tomie's mother do for Carol Crane at the beginning of the book?

7. What happens when there are no chocolates in the sewing box?

8. Who is Carol Crane?

9. Who has the most dramatic reaction to the hurricane, and why?

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

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