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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 are adults called who make up stories that are violent or have bathroom jokes?

2. Whose picture does the nurse look at when she asks Flippy if he is going to shame a child?

3. What color door is on Flippy's camper?

4. When the doctor and nurse make a house call, where are Flippy's kids?

5. When does Melvin write in his comic that toothbrushes were invented?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flippy tell Melvin about making up facts in his comic, and what is Melvin's defense?

2. How does Starla describe branches in the comic she creates with Summer?

3. What does Flippy say comics must be from now on?

4. How does Dennis the toothbrush get to be a lawyer for dinosaurs?

5. What type of comic do Summer and Starla create?

6. What information does Melvin make up about toothbrushes?

7. When the doctor and nurse arrive, what does Flippy tell them about the problem he is having?

8. What does the nurse think is the possibility of there being an emergency at Flippy's house?

9. What is the nurse's reaction when Flippy shows her and the doctor the comics the kids have made?

10. What topics does Flippy want banned from comics his kids are writing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Pilkey use chapter titles in Cat Kid Comic Club?

Essay Topic 2

Flippy suggests that Raine and Wendy write about themselves. What does the conversation about what to write reveal about autobiographies and biographies? Why are the girls confused about the two types of stories?

Essay Topic 3

There are pictures in the book. How do the pictures provide visual clues about characters or events? How does the use of illustrations impact the story?

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