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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 is the name of the school that Tamaya goes to?

2. What does Tamaya think might happen if she is lost in the woods for a long time?

3. What grade is Tamaya in?

4. Who is Merilee?

5. What does Chad call Marshall when he challenges him to a fight after school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Chad come to Woodridge Academy?

2. What irony does Jonathan Fitzman see in the senators' questions about the ergonyms escaping into the environment?

3. What are some of the consequences Marshall suffers at school because of Chad's bullying?

4. Describe the changes that occur in Tamaya's rash overnight in Chapter 12.

5. What offer does Tamaya make to Marshall on their walk to school in Chapter 12, and why does she think his response is not very honest?

6. What advice of Ms. Filbert's does Tamaya think about as she is about to go into the woods, and why does she think about it?

7. What is Tamaya's attitude toward following rules?

8. When other students speak up for Marshall during Mrs. Thaxton's questioning, what does this reveal about the situation with Chad turning everyone against Marshall?

9. Why does Marshall blame his parents for his problems with Chad?

10. What does Tamaya rub in Chad's face, and how does Chad react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of a person is Marshall? What elements of direct and indirect characterization convey this to the reader? How does Sachar gradually shift the reader's understanding of this character throughout the course of the book? Write an essay that makes a claim about the impression that is created by the reader's first introduction to Marshall, in Chapters 1-3, and how this impression changes beginning with Chapter 4. Offer evidence to support your observations that is drawn from both direct and indirect sources of characterization throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

What does Fuzzy Mud convey about what it means to be a good person or a bad person? Are there any characters who are all good or all bad? What role do circumstances play in some of the bad behavior in the book? Can a good person be influenced by circumstances or momentary weakness to do something bad? Do the characters who do things that harm others always intend to cause harm? Are these characters actually even trying to do something good, sometimes? Is it always possible to tell what the outcome of our actions will be? Write an essay that considers what the book as a whole is trying to communicate about what it means to be "good" or "bad" person. Support your claims with evidence drawn from throughout the text. If you use quoted evidence, remember to cite it in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

What kind of a person is Jonathan Fitzman? Is he a villain in this novel, or is his character more complicated than this? How do his intentions match up with his actions and their results? How well does he do at taking responsibility for his actions? Write an essay in which you evaluate his character and show how details and language from throughout the novel reveal what kind of a person Fitzman is. If you use quoted evidence, remember to cite it in MLA format.

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