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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is placed over Tomie's new cellar?
(a) Plywood.
(b) Boards.
(c) Tree limbs.
(d) Metal beams.

2. What happens to everyone in town during the natural disaster at the beginning of the book?
(a) They get property damage.
(b) They are traumatized.
(c) They lose property values.
(d) They lose electricity.

3. What is so strange about the natural disaster that happens at the beginning of the book?
(a) They never occur in that area.
(b) It cause very little damage for how big it was.
(c) There was nobody killed.
(d) It was longer than usual.

4. What ethnicity is Tomie's extended family on his father's side?
(a) Columbian.
(b) Irish.
(c) Puerto Rican.
(d) Italian.

5. What does the title of the book refer to?
(a) His mother's childhood home.
(b) A dream Tomie had.
(c) The address of the orphanage.
(d) The house Tomie's father is building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tomie think saved his new house during the natural disaster?

2. What ethnicity is Tomie's favorite grandfather?

3. What is the name of Tomie's best friend?

4. What grade does Tomie start at the beginning of the book?

5. What are the things that Tomie thinks is candy when he can't find any in the regular spot?

(see the answer key)

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