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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 time does the baseball game start on Sunday?

2. What does the sunscreen make Sheila smell like?

3. Which team does Big bat for?

4. What do Jimmy and Peter forget to put on the banner for the wedding?

5. What card game do Sheila, Peter and Jimmy play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What will Sheila and Fudge's roles in the wedding be?

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

4. What sleeping arrangements do Mom and Peter make for Jimmy Fargo?

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

6. How does Jimmy react to Sheila's dog?

7. What book does Mitzi show Fudge?

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

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

10. How does Sheila describe Izzy?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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