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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. Which three friends live together as "a family who fights the forces of badness" (17)?

2. Which character is hypnotized by Piggy within Chapter 6: "A Buncha Stuff That Happened Next"?

3. What term does Grampa apply to Petey's house when he enters for the first time?

4. Who proves to Sarah on the television news that Dog Man is now cured of his instinctual response to balls?

5. When Grampa first arrives on Petey's doorstep, he demands that Petey stop standing "there like a" (110) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the burgle balls invented by Dr. Scum work?

2. How does Li'l Petey react to seeing his father Petey in Chapter 4 and what is significant about his reaction?

3. What is Dog Man's least favorite activity and how do you know?

4. How is the theme of faith portrayed in the relationship between Dog Man and Chief?

5. Which one of the three flea-sized villains considers himself the leader and how do you know?

6. What is Dog Man's origin story?

7. How does Petey get out of jail in Chapter 3: "To Heck with the Planet of the Cats”?

8. Who is Sarah Hatoff and what is her function within Dog Man: When the Ball Rolls?

9. In what way is the title of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls explained in Chapter 8: "The Old Man and the Seafood Crackers"?

10. For what reason does Dr. Scum call Chief in Chapter 9: "Burgle Balls Attack"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of compassion within Dog Man: When the Ball Rolls and Fetch-22. What is Pilkey’s message regarding compassion and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Read a lengthy interview with Pilkey. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Pilkey’s answers and a major theme presented within the texts of Dog Man: When the Ball Rolls and Fetch-22.

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Pilkey in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narratives of Dog Man: When the Ball Rolls and Fetch-22. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Pilkey’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

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