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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 believe snoring does?

2. Who puts Peter out when he's at bat for the first time?

3. What business is Dad in?

4. Where does Dad go while Fudge and Peter go to the library?

5. Who flicks oatmeal at Sheila?

Short Essay Questions

1. What starts the argument between Peter and Sheila?

2. Why does Mitzi want Peter to walk with her around the back of the house?

3. What man-overboard system does Dad implement in case someone falls off the boat?

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

5. What turns Tootsie's feet blue?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss responsibility in the novel.

1) Sheila wants to be a responsible babysitter and tells Peter's mother that she is responsible. Does she show herself to be responsible? What does responsibility mean to her?

2) Peter also wants to be responsible and often thinks about the advice and rules that his parents give him. What advice and rules does Peter think about? How does he try to act responsible? How responsible is Peter?

3) What other characters in the novel display responsibility? How?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in the novel experiences changes that they have to deal with. Discuss adapting to change in the novel.

1) How do the different members of the family react to finding out that Grandma and Buzzy Senior are getting married? Why?

2) How does the family react to Jimmy's father deciding to stay with them? Why?

3) How do the children react to change, compared with how the adults react to change?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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