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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 worries Jimmy when he learns he might play baseball with an ex-major league player?

2. What is Sheila afraid of?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Mom, Dad, and Peter explain what "cooties" are?

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

4. What argument does Sheila give to try to convince Peter to let her come along on the search for Uncle Feather?

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

6. How does Mom treat her sons?

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

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

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

10. Why is it hard for Peter to avoid Sheila?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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