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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. Where does Uncle Feather finally land?

2. How long will the Hatcher family's vacation be?

3. How does Mom act when she finds out Fudge plans on getting married?

4. What month are they leaving on vacation?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Grandma and Buzzy Senior get along when they first meet?

6. How does Tootsie react when Peter pretends something is wrong with him?

7. How does Sheila react to Turtle?

8. What does Bicycle Bob look like?

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

10. What does Peter imagine Jimmy's reaction will be to his lie about what happened to their vacation house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The pets in the novel play an important role in the characters' lives. Discuss the role of animals in the novel.

1) What role does Turtle play in Peter's family? How is Turtle important to Peter?

2) What role does Uncle Feather play in Peter's family? What is Fudge's relationship with Uncle Feather like?

3) What role does Jake play in the novel? What is the significance of Jake's relationship with Sheila? What is the significance of Jake's relationship with Turtle?

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

In the novel, Grandma falls in love and gets married. Peter also falls for Izzy at the library. Discuss love in the novel.

1) What does love mean for Grandma and Buzzy Senior? What kind of a relationship do they have?

2) How do Peter and his family show their love each other?

3) What kind of love does Peter feel for Izzy? Compare Peter's feelings for Izzy with Grandma's feelings for Buzzy Senior.

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