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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 is Moose's real name?

2. What does Moose say when Piper pressures him to do something?

3. What class do Moose and Scout have together?

4. Why does Mother lie about Natalie's age?

5. What does Natalie have to do to get Moose to take her outside when she is in her swimsuit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moose think about Natalie's new school and why?

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

3. What has Mother done to try and help Natalie?

4. What favor does the warden ask of Moose in their meeting?

5. What is the box of buttons for?

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

7. What does Piper do when she first meets Moose?

8. What embarrasses Moose on his first day of school?

9. How does Moose do in his first baseball game with his new schoolmates?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did people respond to Natalie's disability, and why do you think there was such a difference in these responses?

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 did the relationship between Piper and Moose change throughout the course of the plot, and how did these changes affect the characters around them?

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