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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 startling to Moose about 105?

2. Who does Piper want to sign a ball for her?

3. Who makes Natalie want to see 105?

4. What surprising thing does the celebrity coming to Alcatraz do?

5. Who does Moose walk home from the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Moose asked to do the day before Natalie's interview, and why?

2. What does Mrs. Capone do on the boat that is so surprising?

3. What alarming question does Moose ask his father about Natalie, and what is the response to this?

4. What does Piper want to do with Moose's convict ball?

5. What is Natalie's interview for?

6. Why does Moose's father get angry and take away his baseball?

7. What makes Moose so obsessed with getting a convict ball?

8. How does Moose get his convict ball?

9. How does the warden find out about the laundry scheme?

10. What secret does Moose tell Piper after the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moose and Scout both have similar relationships with their parents, but there are some notable differences. Please compare and contrast these relationships, and explain how they affected the other characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

What role did 105 play in this plot, and what message do you think the author was trying to send by including him in this plot?

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