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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 Mr. Purdy tell Moose?

2. What kind of things has Mother done to try and help Natalie?

3. How does Moose feel when he wakes up in his clothes the first night in his new home?

4. Who does Natalie's therapist want her to spend more time with?

5. What does Piper pressure Moose to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is surprising to Moose about Annie?

2. Why does Moose go to Alcatraz?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the box of buttons for?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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

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?

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