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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 Piper pressure Moose to do?

2. What is Mother told to do when Natalie comes home from school?

3. Who asked Moose to ask a favor of Scout?

4. Why did Moose's mother force her family to move?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Natalie have to come home from school?

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

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

5. What does Piper pressure Moose to do when she interrupts his first meeting with Jimmy?

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

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

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

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

10. What frustrates Moose on his first morning in his new home, and why?

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

What scheme was Piper trying to run, and why did this have such a big effect on Moose and his life at Alcatraz?

Essay Topic 3

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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