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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. How many shelves are in a bookshelf where the nurse grabs a book when she is talking to Flippy?

2. What type of chairs do the doctor and nurse sit on at Flippy's?

3. What does the nurse say that Flippy is doing in regards to the comics?

4. Whose picture does the nurse look at when she asks Flippy if he is going to shame a child?

5. What does the nurse say about "teh reckless disregard for the sancity of life" (96)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they find the Spinosaurus's baby, and what do they do to celebrate?

2. What does Flippy tell Melvin about making up facts in his comic, and what is Melvin's defense?

3. What information does Melvin make up about toothbrushes?

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

5. What type of comic do Summer and Starla create?

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

7. Why are the doctor and nurse hurrying to Flippy's home in Chapter 5?

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

9. What is the doctor's reaction when Flippy shows him and the nurse the comics the kids have made?

10. What is Dennis's first case and how does he help his client?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Melvin uses a book to learn how to draw. Why does Naomi tell Flippy that Melvin was copying? Why does she think what Melvin has done is wrong? Why are Melvin’s actions right, not wrong?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does Pilkey use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 3, the frogs are eager to share their comics. Why are the frogs eager to share the comics on day two of the club when they were not willing to share the day before? How does embracing failure help them be willing to share?

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