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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 reason does Fudge give for calling his brother by the nickname Pete?

2. What is Jimmy's father's job?

3. What is Fudge doing when Peter and Sheila discover that Uncle Feather is missing?

4. What does Peter do when he accidentally hits his head on the sloped ceiling of his room?

5. What does Buzzy Senior give everyone to drink?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mom treat her sons?

3. What is Peter's family's vacation house like?

4. How does Mitzi react when Fudge tells her that his real first name is Farley?

5. Why is Fudge's questioning of Mrs. A about Uncle Feather confusing to her?

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

7. What holds Sheila up, when she tries to follow Fudge to Mrs. A's house?

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

9. How does Dad respond, when he sees everyone trying to recapture Uncle Feather?

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

Fudge-a-mania is a novel about growing up. Discuss growing up in the book.

1) How does Peter change over the course of the book? How does he change as he grows up?

2) How does Fudge represent childhood and Peter's past? What does Fudge show about childhood and being young? How does he need to change to grow up?

3) How do the adults in the novel show what it means to be an adult? What does Peter learn from adults? How do these lessons change him or help him grow up?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in the novel are often insecure and worry about how others perceive them. Discuss insecurity in the novel.

1) What is Peter insecure about? Who does Peter worry might not have a good impression of him? Why? How does Peter react to his insecurities?

2) What is Sheila insecure about? Who does Sheila want to make a good impression on? How do Sheila's insecurities make her act?

3) What is Jimmy insecure about? Who does Jimmy worry might not have a good impression of him? How does Jimmy react to his insecurities?

4) What other characters display insecurity? What generalizations can you make about insecurity in the novel?

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