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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Piper plan to make money from her school students?
(a) Offer protection to victims of bullying.
(b) Tutor students who fall behind.
(c) Have their laundry done at Alcatraz.
(d) Sell secrets of Alcatraz.

2. What does Scout ask for in return for a favor?
(a) A play date.
(b) A shirt washed by Capone.
(c) A study partner.
(d) A convict ball.

3. Why did Moose's mother force her family to move?
(a) To be near her family.
(b) To get Natalie into a school.
(c) To be near the ocean.
(d) To take a new job.

4. How old does Mother always say Natalie is?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. What is Moose's father's new job?
(a) Doctor's assistant.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Launderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moose's father do with Natalie on their first morning in the new home?

2. Why does Moose worry so much about his sister?

3. How old is Theresa at the beginning of the book?

4. Why can't Natalie wear her swimsuit outside?

5. What does Father refuse to talk to Moose about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Piper plan to make money off of the kids at her new school?

2. What does Moose like about Theresa when they first meet?

3. Why does Moose have to stop going to the baseball games?

4. What is wrong with Natalie?

5. How does Natalie's family get her to school?

6. What does Natalie's therapist say about the box of buttons, and why?

7. What does Moose want to talk about while playing catch with his father, and how does his father react?

8. What does Moose hope to find outside of where the convicts play ball?

9. Why did Moose's mom want to move so badly?

10. What happens when Moose joins Piper in spying on the inmates after their workday?

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