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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 is Bicycle Bob carrying when he comes out of his shop?

2. What is Jimmy's reaction when Peter tells his made-up story?

3. What promise do Sheila and Peter make each other?

4. Who does Fudge blame for getting him stuck in the bed?

5. How long is the boat that Dad rents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What starts the argument between Peter and Sheila?

2. What happens to Mrs. Tubman's hat?

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

4. What does Sheila do when she arrives at the field for the baseball game?

5. How do Fudge and Mitzi lose the wedding rings?

6. What does Fudge tell Mom happened to her lotion?

7. How does the judge arrive to the wedding?

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

9. Who does Big encourage, saying "Way to go," and why?

10. What story does Fudge recount that involved him going to the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fudge-a-mania is a novel about growing up. Discuss growing up in the book.

1) How does Peter change over the course of the book? How does he change as he grows up?

2) How does Fudge represent childhood and Peter's past? What does Fudge show about childhood and being young? How does he need to change to grow up?

3) How do the adults in the novel show what it means to be an adult? What does Peter learn from adults? How do these lessons change him or help him grow up?

Essay Topic 2

When Sheila and Peter fight, Grandma points out that the children sometimes forget to be kind. Discuss kindness in the novel.

1) Why aren't Sheila and Peter kind to each other? How would their relationship change if they tried to be kind to each other?

2) How is Peter kind to Fudge? Why is he kind to Fudge? When and why is he unkind to Fudge? What are the results of Peter's kindness to Fudge?

3) When and why are the novel's other characters kind or unkind? What generalizations can you make about kindness, based on the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss friendship in the novel.

1) Why are Peter and Jimmy friends? How does Peter treat his friend? Why is it important for Peter to have his friend with him on vacation?

2) How does Fudge relate to his friend Mitzi? What does friendship provide for Fudge?

3) Why is Sheila so upset when her friend can't come on the trip?

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