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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 business is Dad in?

2. Where is the gallery that will show Mr. Fargo and Tootsie's paintings?

3. What does Fudge beg Dad to get him?

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

5. How does Sheila suggest renaming the man-overboard rule?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mitzi think of mornings?

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

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

7. What book does Mitzi show Fudge?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss friendship in the novel.

1) Why are Peter and Jimmy friends? How does Peter treat his friend? Why is it important for Peter to have his friend with him on vacation?

2) How does Fudge relate to his friend Mitzi? What does friendship provide for Fudge?

3) Why is Sheila so upset when her friend can't come on the trip?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss conflict in the novel.

1) Why is there conflict between Sheila and Peter in the novel? What causes the conflict? How do the characters deal with it?

2) What other conflicts are there between characters in the novel, for example, the conflict between Dad and Grandma? What makes conflict worse in the novel? What resolves conflict in the novel?

3) What does conflict accomplish in the novel? Is it always bad? Can conflict have positive results as well as negative ones?

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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