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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 Beatrice’s stepmother’s name?
2. What day of the week did Roy finally see the running boy for the second time?
3. What did the barefoot boy use to blind Roy?
4. What did Roy promise Beatrice?
5. What size shoe did Roy wear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Roy see as his four options when he heard Dana was planning to beat him up after school?
2. Why did the garage chief in charge of fixing Officer Delinko’s car not hide the car keys were Officer Delinko requested?
3. Why does Roy receive the punishment that he does for fighting with Dana?
4. How does Beatrice explain who the barefoot boy is and why he is in hiding?
5. What favor did Roy ask of Garrett at the beginning of Chapter Four?
6. What did Officer Delinko find inside the portable toilets on the flatbed truck?
7. How did the barefoot boy get the nickname Mullet Fingers?
8. What did the girl who sought out Roy at the end of Chapter Two want?
9. What did Roy feel was his ‘duty as an only child’ and what does this tell readers about Roy?
10. What evidence has been shown in the novel so far that Roy tends to internalize issues and blame himself – even when it’s clearly not his fault?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hoot is a funny book. What are some examples of humor from the story? What writing techniques does the author employee to get humor across to readers? Is the author effective at portraying humor?
Essay Topic 2
Parent-child relationships are a theme that runs throughout Hoot. What are at least three different parent-child relationships in the novel, and how do they compare to one another? What do they have in common and how do they differ?
Essay Topic 3
Roy and Beatrice’s relationship evolves throughout the book. How does their relationship begin, and what does it become? What reasons caused the evolution to occur?
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