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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 do the children do after getting yelled at about the laundry scheme?

2. Who tells Moose that the laundry money is being divided?

3. What disappoints the kids who paid for Piper's laundry service?

4. Why is Moose so obsessed with finding a convict ball?

5. Why does Natalie fall asleep while outside with Moose one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Natalie's buttons?

2. What makes Moose thing that Natalie might not be safe on Alcatraz?

3. What are convict balls?

4. Why does Moose get embarrassed at Natalie's party?

5. What secret does Moose tell Piper after the party?

6. How does the warden find out about the laundry scheme?

7. What makes Scout stop talking to Piper so much?

8. Why is Moose unable to go to the baseball games when Scout changes the day?

9. What makes Moose so obsessed with getting a convict ball?

10. How does Moose put his family in danger while searching for a convict ball?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What directions did Moose get from the warden, and what was so ironic in these instructions?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Moose move to Alcatraz, and what changed in his life due to this move?

Essay Topic 3

There were many different symbols present in this book. What were these symbols, and how did their presence alter the course of the plot?

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