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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 does Moose like to play with his father?

2. What sport does Moose like to play?

3. Why does Moose get embarrassed on the first day of school?

4. How does Natalie walk on the way to her new school?

5. Why does Mother teach lessons?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What favor does Moose ask of Scout, and what is his response?

3. What lie does Mother tell about Natalie, and why?

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

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

6. Why does Natalie start spending more time with Moose after working with her therapist?

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

8. What warning does the warden give Moose in their meeting?

9. What is wrong with Natalie?

10. Why does Moose go to Alcatraz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Moose and Scout both have similar relationships with their parents, but there are some notable differences. Please compare and contrast these relationships, and explain how they affected the other characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How were the roles of women different in the time of this book than they are now, and how did the theme of gender roles present itself in the text?

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