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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. How many dressers are in Tomie's new room?

2. Who helps Tomie's family with the backyard project?

3. Who does Tomie's mother take home before checking on the house in the storm?

4. Where does Tomie's mother go on New Year's Eve?

5. What kind of doll does Tomie get for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the first thing Tomie asks his teacher on his first day of school?

3. How does Tomie help his grandfather?

4. How does Tomie first meet his principal?

5. What does Tomie do during the big move?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened at Tomie's unfinished house, and what significance did this have on the plot? Who was involved in the scenes there, and what did these events symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

What emphasis did Tomie put on movies, and why?

Essay Topic 3

What obstacles did the family face in the construction of their home, and how did they handle these things?

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