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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. How many people and animals, aside from Jimmy, does Pete say will be staying in their vacation house?

3. Where is Sheila seated when Peter arrives at the summer house?

4. Why does Turtle race out of the car when it stops?

5. How long does Fudge say he'll put his marriage off for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sheila react to finding out that Jimmy Fargo is coming?

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

4. How does Sheila react to Turtle?

5. How does Peter react when he finds out Mitzi's grandfather's name?

6. What does Bicycle Bob look like?

7. How does Peter seem to feel about his brother Fudge?

8. What does Sheila do when Fudge refuses to come down from the tree?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss responsibility in the novel.

1) Sheila wants to be a responsible babysitter and tells Peter's mother that she is responsible. Does she show herself to be responsible? What does responsibility mean to her?

2) Peter also wants to be responsible and often thinks about the advice and rules that his parents give him. What advice and rules does Peter think about? How does he try to act responsible? How responsible is Peter?

3) What other characters in the novel display responsibility? How?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss family in the novel.

1) What does family mean to Peter? How does he feel about his family? How do the members of his family affect each other?

2) How is Jimmy's family different from Peter's, and how do the two boys react differently to each other's families?

3) At the end of the novel, Grandma and Buzzy Senior get married. What does this marriage mean for the extended family? What does it mean to Sheila and Peter to become family?

Essay Topic 3

Peter and Sheila are the protagonist and antagonist of the novel, but in many ways they are similar. Compare Peter and Sheila in the novel.

1) Why do Peter and Sheila fight? How do they treat each other?

2) What do Peter and Sheila want during their vacations? How do Peter and Sheila respond to disappointment?

3) How do Peter and Sheila treat Fudge?

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