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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. Why does Tommy have tears in his eyes after he catches the girl stealing?
(a) He feels bad that the girl thinks she has to steal.
(b) He remembers how he felt when his uncle was gone.
(c) He worries the girl will have a life like his.
(d) The girl reminds him of himself.

2. What does the girl want to buy who comes into the store?
(a) Tissue paper.
(b) Barrettes.
(c) Ribbons.
(d) Writing paper.

3. What does Tommy see the girl steal on a Monday morning?
(a) Candy bars.
(b) Peppermints.
(c) Lemon drops.
(d) Licorice.

4. What time of day does a girl come into the store?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) 3 p.m.

5. What time of day does Tommy remember he caught a lobster?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Early evening.
(c) Night.
(d) Morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl's mother do for a living?

2. How big did lobsters have to be in order to keep them?

3. Where does the girl live who comes into the candy store to buy something?

4. How does Tommy describe the girl who comes in the store to buy something?

5. How old is the girl who comes into the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tommy remember doing with his Uncle Dom?

2. Why did a cop tell Tommy and Uncle Dom to throw back a lobster they caught, and why did they keep the lobster?

3. How is the girl different from other kids who come into the store?

4. What are Tommy's thoughts when he brings the paper to the girl?

5. What does Tommy remember catching with his uncle Dom once?

6. How does Tommy compare the ten-year-old girl who comes to the store with her mother?

7. What does Tommy consider doing when he sees the girl stealing?

8. What type of day is Tommy having when a young girl comes into the store?

9. How does Tommy notice that the girl steals some candy bars?

10. What does a ten-year-old girl buy and why?

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