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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. Roy offered to tell Dana where what is hidden, if Dana agrees to never beat him up again?

2. What lie did Roy tell in order to get the file for the Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House?

3. Who stopped by Roy’s house to tell him Dana was in jail?

4. What did Curly find in the dirt at the construction site in Chapter Sixteen?

5. What did Officer Delinko notice on Dana’s feet in Chapter Fifteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the relationship between Mullet Fingers and Roy changed by Chapter Fourteen?

2. What advice did Roy’s mom give him about deciding if something is right or wrong?

3. How did Officer Delinko and Curly each react to meeting Kimberly Lou Dixon?

4. How did Officer Delinko show whose side he was really on in Chapter Twenty?

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

6. When Officer Delinko looked for the owls the night before the groundbreaking ceremony, what did he hope?

7. What about the conversation between Chuck Muckle and Curly indicates that the company is knowingly breaking a law, and what does this foreshadow?

8. Beatrice shows a very caring and maternal side of herself in this chapter. What are some examples of this?

9. What was the latest vandalism done at the construction site in Chapter Sixteen?

10. How did Roy incite Dana to chase after him in the first place?

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

Every novel has a genre, a way of categorizing it in literature. What genre is Hoot? What evidence from the book supports your choice of genre?

Essay Topic 3

Loyalty is a theme in Hoot. Which characters show loyalty? To whom or what, and how do they show it? How important is loyalty to different characters?

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