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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. What does the doctor think is amusing in one of the comics?

2. What color flowers are shown on a tree in Summer and Starla's comic?

3. What is the the name of Summer and Starla's comic?

4. What do Raine and Wendy decide to write about?

5. How many frogs stay for Flippy's lecture about topics comics have to be about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Melvin make up about toothbrushes?

2. What does one of the frogs say about Melvin's drawings in his comic, and how does Li'l Petey respond?

3. How does Flippy help Wendy and Raine figure out what to write out?

4. How do the doctor and nurse respond when they are reading the comics?

5. What do Flippy's kids do while he starts lecturing them about the type of comics he wants them to write.

6. Why does Flippy apologize in Chapter 6, and what does he tell his kids?

7. How does Starla describe branches in the comic she creates with Summer?

8. What information do Summer and Starla provide about the poetry form haiku?

9. What does the nurse tell Flippy to do, and how does he try to follow her advice?

10. What topics does Flippy want banned from comics his kids are writing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Slang is an informal way of speaking. How do characters use slang in Cat Kid Comic Club? What does the use of slang reveal about characters? Why does Pilkey have characters use slang?

Essay Topic 2

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Pilkey use chapter titles in Cat Kid Comic Club?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a way to categorize books. Why is Cat Kid Comic Club a graphic novel, and how does the structure and layout of the book reveal its genre?

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