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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Curly hear the night before the groundbreaking ceremony?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) A machine being tampered with.
(c) Someone climbing the fence.
(d) Someone talking.

2. What did the doctor say ‘Roy’ will need unless the dogs that bit him are found?
(a) Amputate his leg.
(b) Rabies shots.
(c) Tetanus shots.
(d) Amputate his arm.

3. What did Curly place all around the outside of the trailer?
(a) Rat poison.
(b) Rat traps.
(c) An alarm system.
(d) Snake bait.

4. How many kids from Roy’s history class showed up at the groundbreaking ceremony?
(a) No one.
(b) Half the class.
(c) One kid.
(d) Three kids.

5. Why was Dana’s name not used in the newspaper article about his arrest?
(a) He was not convicted yet.
(b) His name was used.
(c) He was a minor.
(d) He wouldn’t provide his name.

6. What sound did the baby owl make?
(a) Heh!
(b) Ooo!
(c) Tweet!
(d) Whoosh!

7. What magazine did Roy look at while waiting in the hospital?
(a) Life.
(b) Florida Life.
(c) Runner's World.
(d) Outdoor Life.

8. Why did Beatrice leave the hospital?
(a) To get some food.
(b) She was afraid of getting caught.
(c) To cook her dad dinner.
(d) To feed her cat.

9. To what position was Chuck Muckle demoted?
(a) Junior Vice-President.
(b) Vice President.
(c) He wasn’t demoted.
(d) He was fired.

10. For what newspaper did Kelly Colfax write?
(a) The Coconut Grove Times.
(b) The Coconut Grove Paper.
(c) Florida U.S.A.
(d) The Gazette.

11. Where did Roy tell his dad what is going on?
(a) Their den.
(b) Their car.
(c) Roy's room.
(d) Their kitchen table.

12. What is the name of the old boat Mullet Fingers and Roy sat on in the middle of the river in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Beauty Moon.
(b) Molly Moon.
(c) Molly Bell.
(d) The Beatrice.

13. What did Roy hear when he prepared to knock on Beatrice’s front door for the first time?
(a) Arguing coming from inside.
(b) A car honking.
(c) Snoring coming from inside.
(d) Owls hooting.

14. What lie did Roy tell in order to get the file for the Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House?
(a) He forged a letter from Officer Delinko asking for it.
(b) He said it was for Officer Delinko.
(c) He forged a letter from him dad requested it.
(d) He said it was for a school project.

15. What was the last day Kimberly Lou Dixon was available to Mother Paula’s?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Curly wear to the groundbreaking ceremony?

2. What had Roy told the doctor his name was?

3. What gift did Mullet Fingers leave Roy at the end of the novel?

4. Which of the following was NOT a saying on one of the kids’ signs at the groundbreaking ceremony?

5. Why did Beatrice hide all afternoon?

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