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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. How long did Marshall's friends refuse to let him play basketball with them because of Chad's intimidation?

2. What does it mean that Tamaya feels "a rush of revulsion" when Chad's hand touches hers (119)?

3. When Mrs. Thaxton asks Marshall if he knows where Tamaya is, what is his first thought?

4. When Chad is talking about tree climbing, what does Tamaya realize?

5. What possible ergonym mutation are the senators worried about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tamaya try to ensure that she will be able to find her way back out of the woods?

2. What does Chapter 21 reveal will happen in Heath Cliff?

3. What do all of the rumors about Chad's disappearance show about both Chad and the other students at Woodridge Academy?

4. When Tamaya confronts Marshall on the basketball court, what makes it clear that the school nurse's treatment is not helping Tamaya's rash?

5. By the time Marshall is found by the searchers, which items of clothing is he missing, and why?

6. What details show the reader how Hope, Monica, and Summer want boys to see them?

7. How does Marshall's behavior in Mrs. Thaxton's office contradict the decision he makes right before he goes in?

8. When they are in the woods together, what does Tamaya learn about Chad's story about the hermit?

9. What happens when Mr. Walsh shows up at Woodridge to pick up Marshall?

10. Why does no one realize that Marshall is missing when he goes into the woods to look for Tamaya?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When you began reading this novel, you made a guess about whether Tamaya would be a static or dynamic character. What kind of a person is she at the beginning of this book? How do you know? What kind of a person is she at the end? How do you know? Does this make her a static or a dynamic character? After you have an answer to these questions, write an essay that makes a claim about whether Tamaya is a static or dynamic character and that uses evidence from the beginning, middle, and end of the text to support your claim. Remember that if you use quoted evidence, this should be cited in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

Now that you have finished the whole book, think back to the ideas you had about what this book is trying to say about bullies and bullying. What forms does this behavior take in the book? What are the causes of the behavior? Do people always understand when they are being bullies? How does this relate to the book's ideas about what makes people "good" or "bad"? What are the consequences of bullying to both bullies and their targets? How do these consequences help the reader understand the book's messages about bullying? Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the message about bullying that Sachar is sending in Fuzzy Mud. Support your arguments with evidence drawn from throughout the book. If you use quoted evidence, remember to cite it in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

What message about courage does Fuzzy Mud convey? How do various characters display--or fail to display--the kind of courage this book is talking about? What are the consequences of these choices? Do any characters grow and change in their ability to display courage? What relationship is there between the messages the text sends about courage and the two words on the Woodridge uniform? Does the text propose that people who strongly believe in virtue will automatically have courage, or are these two separate goals that people need to work toward? Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about how the text defines courage and how characterization, plot, and textual details work together to support this definition.

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