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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. When Marshall offers Tamaya his shirt so that she can clear the mud from her mouth, ears, and nose, what is her objection?

2. What is the name of the dog that licks Tamaya when the searchers find her, Marshall, and Chad?

3. While she is in the woods, what does Tamaya realize about the fuzzy mud?

4. On page 122, what question does Tamaya ask Chad after he grabs her wrist and twists it?

5. What lie does Marshall tell himself about why he did not tell Mrs. Thaxton the truth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What condition is Chad in when Tamaya finally finds him?

3. How does Chad answer Tamaya's question about why he acts the way he does?

4. When they are in the woods together, what does Chad reveal is behind his anger toward Marshall?

5. What makes Mrs. Thaxton feel so guilty about Tamaya's disappearance?

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

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

8. How does Chad feel that he is different from his siblings and from the other Woodridge students?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message is conveyed through the contrast in settings in this text? Choose two settings and write an essay that compares and contrasts them and then makes a claim about what ideas are being transmitted by these similarities and differences. As you structure this essay, think about whether you want to write all about one setting and then all about the other, or whether you want to discuss similarities in one part of the essay and differences in a separate part of the essay. In either case, end your essay with a paragraph that shows what point Sachar is trying to make by creating these two separate settings. 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

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.

Essay Topic 3

For Chad and Marshall, learning to understand themselves and their intentions more clearly is a journey that reaches a turning point when they are in the woods together for the second time. But their journey does not end here, of course--there are still many more chapters of the novel to go. How do the remaining chapters of the novel demonstrate whether or not these two boys have been successful in learning to understand themselves better? Is there evidence that they have made progress by the end of the novel, or do they fall back into their old ways? Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about whether the things they realized about themselves in the woods have had a lasting impact. Support your claims with evidence drawn from throughout the text. If you use quoted evidence, remember to cite it in MLA format.

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