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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the children threatened with when the laundry scheme is discovered?
(a) The loss of their father's job.
(b) Extra chores.
(c) Stricter rules.
(d) No more laundry service.

2. What is 105?
(a) A convict.
(b) A button.
(c) A bird.
(d) A door.

3. What does Mother do when she sees Natalie's reaction to the buttons on the dock?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She starts singing.
(c) She sends the kids away.
(d) She turns around and walks away.

4. What makes Scout stop hanging out with Piper?
(a) Another English project is announced.
(b) Baseball championships start.
(c) Moose gives him the ball.
(d) Piper tries to kiss him.

5. Who intervenes in the argument after the party?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Theresa.
(d) Natalie.

6. Why are convict balls so rare?
(a) Piper finds them all.
(b) Theresa's father collects them.
(c) They are cleaned up daily.
(d) The inmates are out if the ball leaves the walls.

7. How does Moose describe the meeting with 105?
(a) Scary.
(b) Upsetting.
(c) Fun.
(d) Normal.

8. What does Moose argue about after the party?
(a) His bed time.
(b) Natalie's clothing.
(c) His grades.
(d) Natalie's age.

9. Where does Mother read about Esther P. Marinoff?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) A magazine.
(c) A pamphlet.
(d) The encyclopedia.

10. Why does Moose rush Natalie back to the apartment after he finds a convict ball?
(a) To talk to his father.
(b) To call Scout.
(c) To make curfew.
(d) To get her away from 105.

11. Who is invited to the family party by Mother?
(a) Angie.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Piper.
(d) Scout.

12. Why can't Moose go to the baseball games after they are changed?
(a) His sister has appointments at that time.
(b) His mother has piano lessons.
(c) His chores have to be done that day.
(d) His father doesn't want him out late.

13. Where does Piper hope to meet the celebrity coming to Alcatraz?
(a) The warden's office.
(b) The train.
(c) The recreation room.
(d) The boat.

14. What language does the celebrity coming to Alcatraz speak?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

15. What is startling to Moose about 105?
(a) The smell of it.
(b) The value of it.
(c) He thought it was lost.
(d) The kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Scout spend a lot of his spare time with?

2. What does Moose's father get angry with him about?

3. What embarrasses Moose at the family party?

4. What does Moose do to rekindle his friendship with Scout?

5. What does Natalie do when something happens to her buttons at the dock?

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