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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 coins the term "Fudge-a-mania"?

2. How does Peter get Isobel out?

3. What does Fudge believe snoring does?

4. What is Jimmy's favorite sandwich?

5. What turns Fudge blue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What starts the argument between Peter and Sheila?

4. How does the judge arrive to the wedding?

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

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

7. What causes Jimmy embarrassment?

8. What happens to Mrs. Tubman's hat?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss family in the novel.

1) What does family mean to Peter? How does he feel about his family? How do the members of his family affect each other?

2) How is Jimmy's family different from Peter's, and how do the two boys react differently to each other's families?

3) At the end of the novel, Grandma and Buzzy Senior get married. What does this marriage mean for the extended family? What does it mean to Sheila and Peter to become family?

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

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?

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