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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 did Officer Delinko find inside the portable toilets in Chapter Three?

2. What is Leroy Branditt’s nickname?

3. What did Beatrice, Roy, and the running boy feed the owls?

4. What size shoe did Roy wear?

5. What type of dog was Curly instructed to rent as guard dogs for the construction site?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the first interaction between the barefoot boy and Roy?

2. What items did Roy find at the barefoot boy’s camp?

3. What did Officer Delinko find stuck to the fence at the construction site, and why did he keep it?

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

5. Why did Officer Delinko offer to personally pay the bill for his patrol car?

6. What are some examples of cliffhangers in this chapter, and why might the author employ them?

7. How does Beatrice explain who the barefoot boy is and why he is in hiding?

8. What did Roy like so much about living in Bozeman, Montana?

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

10. What did Roy see as his four options when he heard Dana was planning to beat him up after school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters in Hoot have questionable morals, and even the characters who are overall “good” make some choices that would not be considered “good morals” by all. Which characters have “good” morals, and which have “bad” morals? Is it easy to distinguish the two? Are there any characters who have both good and bad morals?

Essay Topic 2

Roy feels very strongly about Montana and Florida. How does he feel about each state? When and how do his feelings about Florida change? What does he ultimately realize?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout Hoot, Roy recalls his time in Montana and daydreams about it. What about Montana attracts him? What does he miss? Why might Montana be such a fond memory for him?

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