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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 does it mean that Jonathan Fitzman is "subpoenaed" to testify in the Senate hearings (112)?

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

3. What feature does Fitzman say he is working on for the future?

4. What does Marshall see that suddenly changes his attitude and makes him worried that something serious is happening?

5. What mistake does Marshall make when he spots Chad and Tamaya in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tamaya end up getting more fuzzy mud on her, and how does her response show her common sense?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What steps do Marshall and Tamaya take to warn the search party about the mud?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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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