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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 Peter think the close quarters in his room with Fudge will be useful for?

2. When Peter's mom talks about Shiela Tubman, how does Peter say it makes him feel?

3. What does Mrs. A think Peter and Fudge's last name is?

4. What does Fudge try to tell Buzzy Senior an embarrassing story about?

5. How is Mitzi wearing her hair when Peter and Fudge meet her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter think of Southwest Harbor when the family drives through it?

2. Where does Jimmy say he is, before Peter gives Jimmy his news?

3. How does Peter try to convince his brother not to call him "Pete"?

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

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

6. How does Tootsie act?

7. What does Bicycle Bob look like?

8. How does Sheila react to Turtle?

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

10. How does Mom respond when Fudge asks if he can bring a friend on vacation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss communication in the novel.

1) Why does Fudge have difficulty communicating that he's looking for his bird, Uncle Feather? What does Fudge still need to learn about communication?

2) What causes miscommunication between Mom and Peter? What are the results of miscommunication?

3) How does point of view affect communication? How do the differences in Peter and Jimmy's feelings about Big Apfel affect their communication about the baseball game?

Essay Topic 2

The novel has an episodic structure. Discuss the structure of the novel.

1) What are the episodes of the novel? How is its structure episodic? How are the different episodes in the novel tied together? What unifies them to make a story?

2) Why does the author choose an episodic structure for this book?

3) How effective is the episodic structure in conveying the author's ideas?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in the novel.

1) Why is there conflict between Sheila and Peter in the novel? What causes the conflict? How do the characters deal with it?

2) What other conflicts are there between characters in the novel, for example, the conflict between Dad and Grandma? What makes conflict worse in the novel? What resolves conflict in the novel?

3) What does conflict accomplish in the novel? Is it always bad? Can conflict have positive results as well as negative ones?

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