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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 do Sheila and Libby give Grandma and Buzzy Senior for the wedding?

2. Who are the two people who find the two lost rings?

3. Where does Peter imagine himself with Isobel?

4. What language does Sheila think that Uncle Feather is speaking?

5. How does Sheila suggest renaming the man-overboard rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jimmy react to Sheila's dog?

2. What man-overboard system does Dad implement in case someone falls off the boat?

3. What reason does Grandma give to reassure the children that the boat won't tip over?

4. What upsets Peter about his Grandma and Buzzy Senior getting married?

5. What positions do Fudge's team members take in the field?

6. What sleeping arrangements do Mom and Peter make for Jimmy Fargo?

7. What causes Jimmy embarrassment?

8. What book does Mitzi show Fudge?

9. Where do Fudge and Peter go to browse in the library?

10. How does Sheila describe Izzy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss names and naming in the novel.

1) What is the significance of Fudge calling his brother "Pete"? How does it affect Peter? How does it affect Fudge to be called "Farley" and why? Why are the characters' names important to them? What other nicknames do the characters use, and why?

2) How did Turtle get his name? What is the significance of this name?

3) What is the significance of Mitzi's book which has her name in the title? Why does Fudge want a book with his name in the title?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss communication in the novel.

1) Why does Fudge have difficulty communicating that he's looking for his bird, Uncle Feather? What does Fudge still need to learn about communication?

2) What causes miscommunication between Mom and Peter? What are the results of miscommunication?

3) How does point of view affect communication? How do the differences in Peter and Jimmy's feelings about Big Apfel affect their communication about the baseball game?

Essay Topic 3

Big Apfel is Peter's hero because he is a former baseball player. Discuss heroes in the novel.

1) How does Peter react to his hero? How is this reaction beneficial and how is it harmful? Why does Peter react the way he does?

2) Why doesn't Jimmy feel the same way as Peter about Big Apfel? What causes Big Apfel to be a hero to only one of the boys?

3) What does Big Apfel provide for Peter, as a hero? What role does a hero play in a young person's development, growing up?

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