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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 is Sheila's best friend's name?

2. When does Mitzi's grandfather hold his game?

3. What does Peter say will stop Uncle Feather from having bad dreams?

4. What rule does Peter break by calling Jimmy Fargo?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Turtle react when Peter tries to take him for a walk?

3. How does Fudge initially react when Peter pretends something is wrong with him?

4. How does Tootsie act?

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

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

7. On the phone, what does Peter tell Jimmy Fargo about Sheila Tubman's vacation house?

8. Where does the family put Uncle Feather in the summer house?

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

10. How does Fudge propose to Sheila?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fudge and Peter are brothers, and they have a close relationship. Discuss Fudge and Peter's relationship.

1) How does Peter treat Fudge? What does Fudge learn from his brother?

2) How does Fudge treat Peter? How does their age difference affect their relationship?

3) How does Peter and Fudge's relationship change? How would you expect it to change in the future?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Fudge wants to be creative. Discuss creativity in the novel.

1) How does Sheila try to encourage Fudge's creativity? Is she successful? Does Fudge really have creativity?

2) How is Frank Fargo, an artist, creative? How does his creativity affect his responses to the world? What other characters are creative?

3) How does Peter try to encourage Fudge's creativity? How does Izzy encourage Fudge to be creative? What does creativity allow Fudge to do?

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