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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 color is Sheila's dog, Jake?

2. How is Mitzi wearing her hair when Peter and Fudge meet her?

3. How does Sheila react when Fudge proposes to her?

4. When Peter's mom talks about Shiela Tubman, how does Peter say it makes him feel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bicycle Bob look like?

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

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

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

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

7. What questions does Peter ask when Fudge says he's planning to get married?

8. How does Fudge propose to Sheila?

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

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 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

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-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?

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