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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. Who does Tomie party with on New Year's Eve?
(a) Grandpa Tom.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Carol.
(d) Nana Upstrairs.

2. How close is the school to Tomie's dwelling?
(a) Across town.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) Down the street.
(d) Over the bridge.

3. What does Tomie say to his teacher at the end of his first day of school?
(a) This is the best day of my life.
(b) You are amazing.
(c) I'll be back next year.
(d) This is not what I expected.

4. How does Tomie get hurt during the backyard project?
(a) Smoke gets in his eyes.
(b) He lifts too many rocks.
(c) He trips over some logs.
(d) A bag falls on his hand.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is else is sprayed down when the house is sprayed down?

3. What animal is used to plow the backyard?

4. What street is the apartment on?

5. What is Uncle Wiggly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tomie's father get rid of the weeds in the backyard?

2. How does Tomie first meet his principal?

3. What is Tom's occupation?

4. How does Tomie usually measure time?

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

6. How is Tomie's backyard plowed?

7. What does Tomie's father collect while working in the backyard, and why?

8. What danger arises when the weeds are taken out of the backyard?

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

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

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