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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 implied by the equations at the end of Chapter 7?

2. What is Marshall's best subject in school?

3. What reason does Marshall give Tamaya for breaking the rules and going into the woods?

4. What does Tamaya put on her hand to soothe her rash?

5. What causes Tamaya to scream and fall down in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why has Chad come to Woodridge Academy?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What does Ms. Filbert's balloon demonstration show about her as a teacher?

6. When Ms. Filbert was assigning the reports about presidents, how did her behavior contradict her words?

7. What does Tamaya and her mother's nighttime routine communicate about their relationship?

8. When he is lying awake on the night after Chad's attack, what two possible endings does Marshall imagine for a scenario where he tries to defend Tamaya from Chad?

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

10. Describe how Marshall's attitude toward Tamaya has changed over the years.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dramatic irony is created when the reader knows something important that a character does not yet know. How does Sachar use false documents to create dramatic irony? How does this contribute to the reader's interest in the text? Why is the impact of this dramatic irony stronger because the other chapters share Tamaya's and Marshall's perspectives? Write an essay that explains how the false documents in this novel create dramatic irony, suspense, and tension and how these documents enhance the reader's investment in finding out what will happen next. Support your ideas with evidence drawn from throughout the text, and remember that if you use quoted evidence, this should be cited in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

How does Sachar use chapter titles to convey information? How does he use them to convey ideas? How does he use them to create anticipation and tension? Write an essay that explains the various purposes of the chapter titles that Sachar has chosen in Fuzzy Mud. Support your ideas with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from throughout the text, and be sure to cite quoted evidence in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Think about the illustration in the outer, upper corner of each page where a new chapter begins. When readers see the first illustration, do they have any way to know what it is? Is it easy to overlook? How is this similar to the equations and Tamaya's rash? What happens to the illustration as the book progresses? Think about not just the number of organisms in the Petri dish but the amount of attention they command as they increase in number. What does this have to do with the equations and Tamaya's rash? Eventually, the organisms in the illustration actually escape their dish and begin to spill down the margins of the page. What point is being made in these illustrations? What does this have to do with the equations and Tamaya's rash? Write an essay in which you demonstrate how these illustrations convey similar ideas to the ideas conveyed by the equations and Tamaya's rash. Support your ideas with evidence drawn from throughout the text, and remember that if you use quoted evidence, this should be cited in MLA format.

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