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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 Mother always afraid Natalie will do in public?

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

3. What disappoints Moose the most on his first morning in his new home?

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

5. When does Moose like to play his favorite sport?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did most people tell Mother to do when Natalie first started having problems?

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

4. What is surprising to Moose about Annie?

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

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

7. What is Alcatraz?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What directions did Moose get from the warden, and what was so ironic in these instructions?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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