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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. When Sheila comes back with her family after Jimmy has arrived, where does she head?

2. What is Mom planning for food at the wedding?

3. How does Sheila interpret Peter's burp?

4. What does Mr. Fargo suggest to celebrate Grandma and Buzzy Senior's engagement?

5. What is Bicycle Bob carrying when he comes out of his shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sheila describe Izzy?

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

4. What starts the argument between Peter and Sheila?

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

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

9. What does Fudge tell Mom happened to her lotion?

10. What book does Mitzi show Fudge?

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

Fudge wants to be creative. Discuss creativity in the novel.

1) How does Sheila try to encourage Fudge's creativity? Is she successful? Does Fudge really have creativity?

2) How is Frank Fargo, an artist, creative? How does his creativity affect his responses to the world? What other characters are creative?

3) How does Peter try to encourage Fudge's creativity? How does Izzy encourage Fudge to be creative? What does creativity allow Fudge to do?

Essay Topic 3

Fudge and Peter are brothers, and they have a close relationship. Discuss Fudge and Peter's relationship.

1) How does Peter treat Fudge? What does Fudge learn from his brother?

2) How does Fudge treat Peter? How does their age difference affect their relationship?

3) How does Peter and Fudge's relationship change? How would you expect it to change in the future?

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