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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. When Beatrice was missing at school in Chapter Seventeen, where did her friend tell Roy she is?

2. What was the last day Kimberly Lou Dixon was available to Mother Paula’s?

3. What day were the new machine parts Curly ordered scheduled to arrive?

4. What type of car did Cuck Mucle and Kimberly Lou Dixon arrive in?

5. What did Dana hit on his porch when he was aiming for Roy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony in what Curly and Officer Delinko were not telling each other at the beginning of Chapter Seventeen?

2. How did Officer Delinko and Curly each react to meeting Kimberly Lou Dixon?

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

4. How did Roy underestimate Dana in Chapter Fifteen, and how did that negatively affect Roy?

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

6. How is Mullet Fingers’ real name symbolic?

7. 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?

8. What piece of evidence told Officer Delinko that Dana Matherson wasn’t the person behind the disturbances at the construction site?

9. What very important piece of evidence did Curly find at the construction site, but he didn’t seem to realize its importance?

10. What made Officer Delinko realize what was going to happen to the owls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nature is a motif throughout Hoot. What role does nature play in the story? Which characters have a relationship with nature, and what is that relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Beatrice is introduced to readers as a bully, which is the reputation she holds at school and with her peers. However, she shows a maternal and protective side in private. To whom does she show this other side of her, and under what circumstances? Why might she have a public persona to hide her personal one?

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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