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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 type of men does Tootsie always ask to pick her up?

2. Which team does Big bat for?

3. What fruit does Jimmy put in his cornflakes?

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

5. What does Fudge believe snoring does?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do Mitzi and Fudge react when Sheila tells Mitzi to spit out the mud she licked off her fingers?

8. What does Peter do when he gets into bed, the night after he visits the library and meets Izzy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The characters in the novel sometimes lie. Discuss lying in the novel.

1) Why does Peter lie to his friend Jimmy? Why does he plan to cover his lie with another lie?

2) How do characters such as Peter and Sheila lie about their feelings? Why do characters want to hide their feelings?

3) Is lying ever kind in the novel? Are some lies worthwhile?

Essay Topic 3

Big Apfel is Peter's hero because he is a former baseball player. Discuss heroes in the novel.

1) How does Peter react to his hero? How is this reaction beneficial and how is it harmful? Why does Peter react the way he does?

2) Why doesn't Jimmy feel the same way as Peter about Big Apfel? What causes Big Apfel to be a hero to only one of the boys?

3) What does Big Apfel provide for Peter, as a hero? What role does a hero play in a young person's development, growing up?

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