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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 hurts Tomie during the backyard project?
(a) His legs.
(b) His back.
(c) His hands.
(d) His eyes.

2. How does Tomie feel about starting school?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He is nervous.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is ambivalent.

3. How is Charlie related to Tomie?
(a) He is Tomie's godfather.
(b) He is Tomie's cousin.
(c) He is Tomie's uncle.
(d) He is Tomie's second cousin.

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

5. What are the items Tomie's father collects used to build?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A fence.
(c) A stove.
(d) A monument.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tomie get home from school on his first day?

2. How close is the school to Tomie's dwelling?

3. Why is Tomie sent somewhere during the move to the big house?

4. What kind of storm hits in Chapter 7?

5. What does Tomie say about his house at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tomie convinced to go back to school after his first day?

2. What does Buddy get or Christmas in this book and how do they differ from Tomie's gifts?

3. What does Carol get or Christmas in the book, and why?

4. How does Tomie spend New Year's Eve?

5. What is Tomie most excited about when he starts going to school?

6. What kind of obstacles stood in the way of the new house?

7. Why does Tomie get so excited about New Year's Eve?

8. What do Tomie's parents do on New Year's Eve?

9. What does Tomie say at the end of the book?

10. Why does Tomie choose not to go back to school after his first day of school?

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