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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moose's father get angry with him about?
(a) Watching the inmates.
(b) Not coming forward with Piper's scheme.
(c) Losing Natalie's buttons.
(d) Getting a bad grade in school.

2. Why does Jimmy come to the family party?
(a) His sister comes.
(b) Natalie asks for him.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Mother asks for him.

3. Who tells Moose that the laundry money is being divided?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Piper.

4. Why does Natalie fall asleep while outside with Moose one day?
(a) Her favorite napping spot is under trees.
(b) Her medication makes her sleepy.
(c) She is still sick.
(d) She is tired from her tantrum.

5. What does Natalie do when something happens to her buttons at the dock?
(a) She freezes.
(b) She vomits.
(c) She screams and kicks.
(d) She runs away.

6. Why does Moose rush Natalie back to the apartment after he finds a convict ball?
(a) To call Scout.
(b) To talk to his father.
(c) To get her away from 105.
(d) To make curfew.

7. Where does Mother read about Esther P. Marinoff?
(a) A magazine.
(b) A pamphlet.
(c) The encyclopedia.
(d) The newspaper.

8. What do Moose and Scout do at lunchtime?
(a) Study.
(b) Play baseball.
(c) Sing songs.
(d) Race each other.

9. Who does Scout spend a lot of his spare time with?
(a) Piper.
(b) Annie.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Natalie.

10. Who does Piper want to sign a ball for her?
(a) Mrs. Capone.
(b) Al Capone.
(c) 105.
(d) Bugsy.

11. What does Mother do when she sees Natalie's reaction to the buttons on the dock?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She sends the kids away.
(c) She starts singing.
(d) She turns around and walks away.

12. What celebrity does Piper say is coming to Alcatraz?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) The President.
(c) Al Capone's mother.
(d) Bugsy.

13. Who yells at the children about the laundry scheme?
(a) Scout's mother.
(b) The warden.
(c) Moose's father.
(d) Theresa's father.

14. Why are convict balls so rare?
(a) They are cleaned up daily.
(b) Theresa's father collects them.
(c) The inmates are out if the ball leaves the walls.
(d) Piper finds them all.

15. What is Natalie doing when Moose leaves her alone to go looking for a convict ball?
(a) Counting buttons.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Coloring.
(d) Petting a cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother feel about Natalie's interview?

2. Who intervenes in the argument after the party?

3. Who calms Moose's worries about the origin of Natalie's problems?

4. What does Moose's father tease him about?

5. What does Moose do to rekindle his friendship with Scout?

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