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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 had Mullet Fingers left on Officer Delinko’s car?

2. Why was Dana’s name not used in the newspaper article about his arrest?

3. What concerned Roy’s father the most about Roy’s explanation of what was going on?

4. What did Curly place all around the outside of the trailer?

5. How did Roy incite Dana to chase him out of his house in Chapter Fifteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mullet Fingers break out of Juvenile Detention?

2. What is Chuck Muckle’s response to Curly’s questions about the owls tell readers?

3. When Officer Delinko looked for the owls the night before the groundbreaking ceremony, what did he hope?

4. 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?

5. How do Roy’s Parents feel toward Mullet Fingers?

6. When things are hard, Roy often daydreams about Montana. What causes him to think about Montana in this chapter, and why might he keep going back to thought of his former state?

7. What advice did Roy’s mom give him about deciding if something is right or wrong?

8. What change of plans did Curly and Chuck Muckle decide in their phone conversation, any why were the plans changed?

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

10. What did Roy see in the newspaper that upsets him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

First impressions of characters are not always accurate. Describe one character in Hoot whom ended up being very different than your first impression of them. How did they surprise you? Were you happy that they turned out differently than you thought they would? Why might the author misrepresent someone at first to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Authors pick titles very particularly, as they are one of the first ways a potential reader gets to know the book. Why might the author have chosen Hoot as the title of this novel? Do you feel it is an appropriate title? If you had to pick a different title, what would you pick, and why?

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