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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Roy offered to tell Dana where what is hidden, if Dana agrees to never beat him up again?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Key to the girls’ locker room.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Homework answers.

2. What type of tracks did Officer Delinko find near the fence the night before the groundbreaking ceremony?
(a) Dog.
(b) Barefoot.
(c) Snake.
(d) Opossum.

3. What did Curly hear the night before the groundbreaking ceremony?
(a) A machine being tampered with.
(b) Someone climbing the fence.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Someone talking.

4. What had Roy told the doctor his name was?
(a) Andy.
(b) Rodger.
(c) Tex.
(d) Pete.

5. What time did Officer Delinko fall asleep on his night shift at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen.
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) He didn’t fall asleep.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 1 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Beatrice and Roy tell the doctor that Mullet Fingers was bitten?

2. When the doctor demanded to know Mullet Fingers’ name, what did Roy say?

3. How many thermoses of coffee did Officer Delinko pack for his overnight shift?

4. Where did Beatrice hide all afternoon?

5. Who did Roy learn had checked out the missing file from the Town Hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Roy’s dilemma at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen? What conflicting things does he want to do?

2. What does Dana’s dad’s reaction to Roy on his doorstep suggest to readers?

3. What did Roy realize on his family day trip to the Everglades?

4. How is the theme of ‘revenge’ seen in the Epilogue?

5. What change of plans did Curly and Chuck Muckle decide in their phone conversation, any why were the plans changed?

6. Why was Roy surprised by his parents’ reaction to him going to the pancake house groundbreaking ceremony?

7. What is being suggested about Beatrice’s home life thus far in the novel? Why might she actually be missing from school?

8. How does Officer Delinko figure out that Dana is not the construction site vandal?

9. What did Roy see in the newspaper that upsets him?

10. When things are hard, Roy often daydreams about Montana. What causes him to think about Montana in this chapter, and why might he keep going back to thought of his former state?

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