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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tomie's favorite comic?

2. What does Tomie's mother do when she hears the city will have to fix something after the storm?

3. What animal is used to plow the backyard?

4. What almost gets out of hand during the backyard project?

5. What are the burlap bags used for in the backyard project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Joe get the help he needs for the backyard project?

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

3. How is Tomie's backyard plowed?

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

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

6. Who is Charlie, and what does Tomie think about him?

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

8. How does Tomie help his grandfather?

9. What does Tomie's mother do when things get dangerous while getting the weeds out of the backyard?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was the hurricane in the book such a significant event in Tomie's life?

Essay Topic 2

Individuality and self expression were two things that were very important to some of the major characters in this book. What are some examples of this, and how did these instances alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What happens on Tomie's first day of school, and how does he respond to this?

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