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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. Why did Beatrice leave the hospital?

2. What did Curly place all around the outside of the trailer?

3. When the doctor demanded to know Mullet Fingers’ name, what did Roy say?

4. What did Dana hit on his porch when he was aiming for Roy?

5. Who interrupted Roy’s interview with Kelly Colfax?

Short Essay Questions

1. What put a kink in Roy’s plan to prove that there were owls living on the construction properly?

2. What was Mullet Fingers’ final plan to help the owls on the day of the groundbreaking ceremony?

3. How did Roy set Dana up to be blamed for the mischief at the construction site, and how did it backfire on Roy?

4. What does Roy interpret it to mean when his mom says his dad “respects” what Roy did about the owls?

5. What criminal charges did Officer Delinko say he will file against the vandal?

6. What change of plans did Curly and Chuck Muckle decide in their phone conversation, any why were the plans changed?

7. What woke Officer Delinko up from his daydream during his night shift, and what is the symbolism of this?

8. What happened to Kimberly Lou Dixon, according to the Epilogue?

9. How did the emergency room doctor figure out that Beatrice and Roy were lying about what happened to Mullet Fingers?

10. What made Officer Delinko realize what was going to happen to the owls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roy feels very strongly about Montana and Florida. How does he feel about each state? When and how do his feelings about Florida change? What does he ultimately realize?

Essay Topic 2

First impressions of characters are not always accurate. Describe one character in Hoot whom ended up being very different than your first impression of them. How did they surprise you? Were you happy that they turned out differently than you thought they would? Why might the author misrepresent someone at first to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Roy shows a maturity beyond most of his peers. What are some examples from the novel of Roy handling a situation maturely? Why do you suppose he takes a mature approach to most things? What are some reasons Roy may be slightly more mature than his peers? Is there a situation in which Roy does not act maturely?

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