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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 item does Li'l Petey provide to 80-HD when he requests that 80-HD find a particular character's father?

2. At what location does Petey recruit other cats to join his group of anarchists in Chapter 3?

3. Who gets ready for bedtime in cat jail at the start of Chapter 6: "A Buncha Stuff That Happened Next"?

4. Dog Man holds onto which body part of Petey's at the end of Chapter 4: "Papa Knows Best" as Li'l Petey is being led away?

5. What type of job does Dog Man's friend Sarah have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the burgle balls invented by Dr. Scum work?

2. What is Dog Man's origin story?

3. In what way does the foreword of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls broaden the traditional definition of family?

4. Why is Dog Man unable to help in the effort to stop the crimes committed by Dr. Scum's burgle balls?

5. Which one of the three flea-sized villains considers himself the leader and how do you know?

6. In what way is the theme of karmic retribution demonstrated in Chapter 6: "A Buncha Stuff That Happened Next"?

7. What differences between Petey and his son Li'l Petey are apparent during their walk home together after Petey's release from jail?

8. For what reason does Dr. Scum call Chief in Chapter 9: "Burgle Balls Attack"?

9. What is Pilkey's purpose for using an allusion to Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Chapter 11: "The Very Hangry Caterpillar"?

10. In what way is the title of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls explained in Chapter 8: "The Old Man and the Seafood Crackers"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Pilkey in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narratives of Dog Man: When the Ball Rolls and Fetch-22. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Pilkey’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from Dog Man: When the Ball Rolls or Fetch-22, such as the red ball, the game of checkers, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within Dog Man: When the Ball Rolls and Fetch-22.

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