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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 beg Dad to get him?

2. Where is the gallery that will show Mr. Fargo and Tootsie's paintings?

3. How does Peter get Isobel out?

4. What does Mr. Fargo say when he first wakes up?

5. What color bandanna does Fudge put on Turtle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Fudge and Mitzi lose the wedding rings?

2. What positions do Fudge's team members take in the field?

3. What does Sheila do when she arrives at the field for the baseball game?

4. What does Peter do when he gets into bed, the night after he visits the library and meets Izzy?

5. What causes Jimmy embarrassment?

6. What upsets Peter about his Grandma and Buzzy Senior getting married?

7. Who does Big encourage, saying "Way to go," and why?

8. Of the things Fudge tells Jimmy at the breakfast table, what makes Peter the most angry?

9. What does Izzy suggest Fudge should do, when the library doesn't have his book?

10. How do Mitzi and Fudge react when Sheila tells Mitzi to spit out the mud she licked off her fingers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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