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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 did Roy tell his mother he is headed before dinner at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen?

2. Dana’s dad assumed Roy came to his house for what reason?

3. What did Beatrice bite to break her tooth?

4. What did Roy’s mom do with the newspaper article about his owl protest?

5. What item of his mother’s did Roy’s plan to stop the construction involve?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Roy show humility in the Epilogue?

3. Why might Roy’s dad have acted opposite of what Roy expected? What clue(s) are there that Roy’s dad is up to something?

4. What was Curly’s attitude about the owls in Chapter Nineteen?

5. What was missing from the Mother Paula folder that Roy told the reporter to look for, and what did it mean?

6. What does it say about Curly that he was at the owl sanctuary when Roy and his Dad went to see the owls in the Epilogue?

7. How did Roy set Dana up to be blamed for the mischief at the construction site, and how did it backfire on Roy?

8. What charge did Curly want Officer Delinko to arrest Mullet Fingers on, and why couldn’t Officer Delinko do that?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roy’s mother gives him the advice that when a situation is unclear if it is right or wrong, consider what both your head and your heart is saying before deciding which way to go. What is an example from the novel of a dilemma Roy faces where he uses the technique his mother told him about? What does he decide to do ultimately?

Essay Topic 2

Hoot is a funny book. What are some examples of humor from the story? What writing techniques does the author employee to get humor across to readers? Is the author effective at portraying humor?

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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