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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. Who calms Tomie when he gets upset about his first Disney movie?

2. What does Tomie say the first step of building things is?

3. How do Tomie's parents feel about the city moving something out?

4. What ethnicity is Tomie's family on his mother's side?

5. What causes Tomie to do something strange while seeing his first Disney movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the city do all along Fairmount Avenue?

2. What makes Tomie upset when the walls are finished?

3. How does Tomie find out about the natural disaster at the beginning of the book?

4. How is Tomie calmed down after getting upset when the walls are finished?

5. What is Tomie's heritage?

6. What happens when there are no chocolates in the sewing box?

7. How does Tomie feel about his heritage?

8. Why did Tomie end up alone while watching "Snow White" for the first time?

9. Who has the most dramatic reaction to the hurricane, and why?

10. How does Tomie's father plan to finish the house after the big delay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the relationship between Joe and Floss change throughout the course of the plot, and how did these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the ways Tomie's family showed their love to each other, and how did these displays alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which characters were most affected by this?

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