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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. Where does Tony remember an uncle used to take him?
(a) Canarsie Pier.
(b) Rockaway Beach.
(c) Sheepshead Bay.
(d) Pelham Bay Park.

2. From where does Tommy have to get the things that a young girl wants to buy?
(a) In the rear.
(b) Up front.
(c) On a tall shelf.
(d) Behind a ladder.

3. How much does the girl give Tommy for the things she buys?
(a) 2 nickels and a dime.
(b) 2 dimes.
(c) A dime, a nickel, and 5 pennies.
(d) 4 nickels.

4. How does Tommy describe the girl's mother?
(a) Austere.
(b) Resolute.
(c) Grave.
(d) Rock faced.

5. What type of day is Tommy having when a young girl comes into the store?
(a) Boring.
(b) Frustrating.
(c) Productive.
(d) Bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommy keep in the back that he has to keep most kids from?

2. What does Rosa have hanging on a back wall?

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

4. What was the name of the uncle who used to take Tony places?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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