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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. By Chapter Eight, how far behind schedule was the construction project?

2. How many different options did Roy feel he had upon learning that Dana wants to beat him up after school?

3. What color was the bike that Officer Delinko picked up?

4. What sort of footwear was the strange boy seen running in Chapter One wearing?

5. Why did Roy tell his parents he ran from the bus after fighting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does it suggest to readers when Officer Delinko asks Curly about what will happen to the owls?

4. Roy seems to surprise people a great deal simply by being honest and straightforward. What are some examples of this from Chapter Four?

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

6. How is the girl who talks to Roy in the cafeteria in Chapter Two presented, and what does this suggest?

7. Why did Officer Delinko not believe it is kids messing with the pancake house construction site?

8. What is the memory of Montana Roy has in Chapter Five?

9. How did the barefoot boy get the nickname Mullet Fingers?

10. What is revealed about Beatrice’s home life in Chapter Ten, and how might this change the readers’ perception of her?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

There are many examples of symbolism in Hoot. Select three instances of symbolism in the novel and explain their purpose. What was being symbolized?

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