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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. Where was Roy’s favorite place that his family has lived?

2. What did the inside of the truck Beatrice took Roy to smell like?

3. What did the barefoot boy use to blind Roy?

4. How did Beatrice transport Roy at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

5. What body part was hurt on the barefoot runner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What situation in Montana did the snakes remind Roy of?

2. What did the girl who sought out Roy at the end of Chapter Two want?

3. Why does Roy receive the punishment that he does for fighting with Dana?

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

5. How did Roy and Officer Delinko meet?

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

7. What evidence has been shown in the novel so far that Roy tends to internalize issues and blame himself – even when it’s clearly not his fault?

8. What evidence is there for Roy and Beatrice’s relationship beginning to change in Chapter Eight?

9. How does humor used with the introduction of Kimberly Lou Dixon to readers?

10. What favor did Roy ask of Garrett at the beginning of Chapter Four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Loyalty is a theme in Hoot. Which characters show loyalty? To whom or what, and how do they show it? How important is loyalty to different characters?

Essay Topic 2

The author includes multiple pop culture references that date the book in current times. What cultural and pop culture references can you note from the book? What year or decade would you guess this story is set in, and why?

Essay Topic 3

The author portrays the characters’ ages well through their speech. What are some examples of how the characters’ speech patterns or verbiage gives away their age? Why might an author do this? Do you think that this author had used this writing technique effectively?

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