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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 do Moose and Scout do at lunchtime?

2. What does Moose argue about after the party?

3. Who helps Moose look for a ball for Scout?

4. Why are convict balls so rare?

5. What kind of sickness does Moose have a lot of while on Alcatraz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Moose so obsessed with getting a convict ball?

2. What does the warden say to the children when he learns of the laundry scheme?

3. What is Natalie's interview for?

4. What does Moose have an argument about after the party?

5. Why does Moose's father get angry and take away his baseball?

6. What surprises Moose about the argument he has after the party?

7. What makes Moose thing that Natalie might not be safe on Alcatraz?

8. What complaints do kids have when they get their laundry back from Piper?

9. How does the warden find out about the laundry scheme?

10. What secret does Moose tell Piper after the party?

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

What role did 105 play in this plot, and what message do you think the author was trying to send by including him in this plot?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Choldenko have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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