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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. Who are the two people who find the two lost rings?

2. Where does Mr. Fargo set up his studio?

3. What do Sheila and Libby give Grandma and Buzzy Senior for the wedding?

4. Who winds up in the water?

5. How many runs does Isobel's team score in the first half of the first inning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Fudge recount that involved him going to the hospital?

2. What turns Tootsie's feet blue?

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

4. Where do Fudge and Peter go to browse in the library?

5. What starts the argument between Peter and Sheila?

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

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

8. Why does Bob ask for Peter's name and address?

9. What reason does Grandma give to reassure the children that the boat won't tip over?

10. What does Mr. Fargo's truck looks like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss names and naming in the novel.

1) What is the significance of Fudge calling his brother "Pete"? How does it affect Peter? How does it affect Fudge to be called "Farley" and why? Why are the characters' names important to them? What other nicknames do the characters use, and why?

2) How did Turtle get his name? What is the significance of this name?

3) What is the significance of Mitzi's book which has her name in the title? Why does Fudge want a book with his name in the title?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in the novel must often respond to disappointing situations. Discuss how characters respond to disappointment in the novel.

1) How does Fudge respond when he can't find a book with his name in the title? How does Izzy deal with his response?

2) How does Frank Fargo respond when Tootsie walks on his painting? What does his response show about him as a character? What qualities allow him to have this response?

3) How does Sheila respond when her friend can't come on vacation? How does Peter respond when he does poorly at the baseball game? What other ways do characters respond to disappointment? What generalizations can you make about responses to disappointment in the novel?

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