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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 Beatrice’s stepmother’s name?

2. How much did each of the guard dogs cost?

3. Who saved Roy from the snakes in Chapter Five?

4. How did the fight between Roy and Dana get broken up?

5. What item did Beatrice tell Roy’s mother they need?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Roy first rides his bike to the construction site, who does he see there and how is he treated?

2. How did Curly’s night at the trailer go?

3. What situation does the author include at the end of Chapter Seven for humor?

4. What did Officer Delinko find inside the portable toilets on the flatbed truck?

5. What lie did Beatrice tell Roy’s mother in Chapter Ten, and why did she pick that lie?

6. Who is Chuck Muckle and what did he order Curly to do?

7. Why did the garage chief in charge of fixing Officer Delinko’s car not hide the car keys were Officer Delinko requested?

8. What happened to Curly’s television when he was spending the night in the trailer, and what was it symbolic of?

9. What did Roy feel was his ‘duty as an only child’ and what does this tell readers about Roy?

10. What two favors does Officer Delinko ask of Roy while during their drive to Roy’s house, and how does Roy feel about them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roy and Beatrice’s relationship evolves throughout the book. How does their relationship begin, and what does it become? What reasons caused the evolution to occur?

Essay Topic 2

Every novel has a genre, a way of categorizing it in literature. What genre is Hoot? What evidence from the book supports your choice of genre?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses a great deal of similes and metaphors throughout Hoot. Please provide at least three different examples of similes and metaphors from the book. Why would the author use this writing technique to describe things? What are the benefits of it? Are there any drawbacks?

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