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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 did the girl in the cafeteria want to speak with Roy about?

2. What size shoe did Roy wear?

3. What type of dog was Curly instructed to rent as guard dogs for the construction site?

4. What is the name of the school the main characters attend?

5. What was the name of Roy’s history teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Curly’s name ironic?

2. How does the impression Officer Delnko makes on Roy’s parents differ from the reader’s understanding of the character?

3. Why did Officer Delinko not believe it is kids messing with the pancake house construction site?

4. What does it suggest to readers when Officer Delinko asks Curly about what will happen to the owls?

5. What happened to Curly’s television when he was spending the night in the trailer, and what was it symbolic of?

6. What situation in Montana did the snakes remind Roy of?

7. Why did Officer Delinko offer to personally pay the bill for his patrol car?

8. What is revealed about Beatrice’s home life in Chapter Ten, and how might this change the readers’ perception of her?

9. Why does Roy receive the punishment that he does for fighting with Dana?

10. How does Roy figure out that the barefoot boy is responsible for the alligators in the portable toilets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many examples of symbolism in Hoot. Select three instances of symbolism in the novel and explain their purpose. What was being symbolized?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Authors pick titles very particularly, as they are one of the first ways a potential reader gets to know the book. Why might the author have chosen Hoot as the title of this novel? Do you feel it is an appropriate title? If you had to pick a different title, what would you pick, and why?

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