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

2. What does Moose's father get angry with him about?
(a) Getting a bad grade in school.
(b) Not coming forward with Piper's scheme.
(c) Watching the inmates.
(d) Losing Natalie's buttons.

3. Where does Moose finally find a convict ball?
(a) From 105.
(b) Under the bridge.
(c) Wedged in the gate.
(d) In Natalie's room.

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

5. What is Natalie doing when Moose leaves her alone to go looking for a convict ball?
(a) Counting buttons.
(b) Petting a cat.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Coloring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theresa sneak with her when she goes to see the celebrity coming to Alcatraz?

2. Why can't Moose go to the baseball games after they are changed?

3. Why does Moose start refusing to let Natalie out of the apartment?

4. Who does Piper want to sign a ball for her?

5. What does Moose slip under to look for convict balls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moose have an argument about after the party?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What surprises Moose about the argument he has after the party?

10. What does Mrs. Capone do on the boat that is so surprising?

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