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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. Where is Sheila seated when Peter arrives at the summer house?

2. What kind of car does the family drive?

3. What does Fudge say that Uncle Feather dreams of?

4. What is Sheila wearing when she gets up the first morning of vacation?

5. What does Sheila do when Fudge imitates her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fudge do to stop conversations when someone disagrees with him?

2. How does Peter seem to feel about his brother Fudge?

3. How does Mom treat her sons?

4. What does Mom suggest that Peter do while Sheila is babysitting Fudge?

5. What questions does Peter ask when Fudge says he's planning to get married?

6. What does Sheila do when Fudge refuses to come down from the tree?

7. Why is it hard for Peter to avoid Sheila?

8. How does Tootsie act?

9. How does Sheila react to Turtle?

10. How do the families react when Turtle gets sprayed by a skunk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in the novel sometimes lie. Discuss lying in the novel.

1) Why does Peter lie to his friend Jimmy? Why does he plan to cover his lie with another lie?

2) How do characters such as Peter and Sheila lie about their feelings? Why do characters want to hide their feelings?

3) Is lying ever kind in the novel? Are some lies worthwhile?

Essay Topic 2

Fudge wants to be creative. Discuss creativity in the novel.

1) How does Sheila try to encourage Fudge's creativity? Is she successful? Does Fudge really have creativity?

2) How is Frank Fargo, an artist, creative? How does his creativity affect his responses to the world? What other characters are creative?

3) How does Peter try to encourage Fudge's creativity? How does Izzy encourage Fudge to be creative? What does creativity allow Fudge to do?

Essay Topic 3

Fudge and Peter are brothers, and they have a close relationship. Discuss Fudge and Peter's relationship.

1) How does Peter treat Fudge? What does Fudge learn from his brother?

2) How does Fudge treat Peter? How does their age difference affect their relationship?

3) How does Peter and Fudge's relationship change? How would you expect it to change in the future?

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