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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 Fudge ask the waiter if he has?

2. By what name does Mitzi call her grandfather?

3. What reason does Fudge give that he's Tootsie's favorite brother?

4. What is the minimum age to play in the baseball game?

5. When does Fudge say he's getting married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mom treat her sons?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mom respond when Fudge asks if he can bring a friend on vacation?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Sheila and Peter fight, Grandma points out that the children sometimes forget to be kind. Discuss kindness in the novel.

1) Why aren't Sheila and Peter kind to each other? How would their relationship change if they tried to be kind to each other?

2) How is Peter kind to Fudge? Why is he kind to Fudge? When and why is he unkind to Fudge? What are the results of Peter's kindness to Fudge?

3) When and why are the novel's other characters kind or unkind? What generalizations can you make about kindness, based on the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss friendship in the novel.

1) Why are Peter and Jimmy friends? How does Peter treat his friend? Why is it important for Peter to have his friend with him on vacation?

2) How does Fudge relate to his friend Mitzi? What does friendship provide for Fudge?

3) Why is Sheila so upset when her friend can't come on the trip?

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