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

2. Why does Moose start refusing to let Natalie out of the apartment?
(a) He has homework.
(b) She embarrasses him.
(c) He doesn't want her to see 105 again.
(d) She gets sick.

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

4. Who does Natalie specifically ask for at the family party?
(a) Piper.
(b) Annie.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Theresa.

5. How is Moose punished by his father?
(a) His allowance is taken away.
(b) His baseball gear is taken away.
(c) He gets extra chores.
(d) He is grounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Moose look for a ball for Scout?

2. What does Moose's father tease him about?

3. What does Natalie say over and over when Moose comes back from looking for a convict ball?

4. What holiday is the day before Natalie's appointment?

5. What happens to Natalie's buttons at the dock?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What complaints do kids have when they get their laundry back from Piper?

3. Why does Moose's father get angry and take away his baseball?

4. What alarming question does Moose ask his father about Natalie, and what is the response to this?

5. What is Moose asked to do the day before Natalie's interview, and why?

6. What does the warden say to the children when he learns of the laundry scheme?

7. How does Moose get his convict ball?

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

9. What does Piper want to do with Moose's convict ball?

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

(see the answer keys)

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