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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 happened to Dana after someone pulled him off of Roy?

2. What did Roy try to bring the barefoot boy in Chapter Six?

3. What did Roy promise Beatrice?

4. What type of snake did Roy find in Chapter Five?

5. What was the name of the portable toilets on the flatbed truck at the beginning of Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the weather in Chapter Six add to the story?

2. What aspect of Officer Delinko’s personality is displayed in Chapter Three?

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

4. What favor did Roy ask of Garrett at the beginning of Chapter Four?

5. What did Roy see outside of the bus window in Chapter One that caught his interest?

6. What did the girl who sought out Roy at the end of Chapter Two want?

7. How did Officer Delinko plan to abide by his punishment at work, but still scope out the construction site?

8. What two favors does Officer Delinko ask of Roy while during their drive to Roy’s house, and how does Roy feel about them?

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

10. How did the barefoot boy get the nickname Mullet Fingers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Nature is a motif throughout Hoot. What role does nature play in the story? Which characters have a relationship with nature, and what is that relationship?

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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