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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. How many thermoses of coffee did Officer Delinko pack for his overnight shift?

2. Where did Roy send Dana to pick up the hidden object(s)?

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

4. During what class in school did Roy tell about the owls?

5. When the doctor demanded to know Mullet Fingers’ name, what did Roy say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is being suggested about Beatrice’s home life thus far in the novel? Why might she actually be missing from school?

2. How does Roy know that his dad cared about the owls too?

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

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

5. How did the emergency room doctor figure out that Beatrice and Roy were lying about what happened to Mullet Fingers?

6. What did Roy realize on his family day trip to the Everglades?

7. What about the conversation between Chuck Muckle and Curly indicates that the company is knowingly breaking a law, and what does this foreshadow?

8. How has the relationship between Mullet Fingers and Roy changed by Chapter Fourteen?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses a great deal of similes and metaphors throughout Hoot. Please provide at least three different examples of similes and metaphors from the book. Why would the author use this writing technique to describe things? What are the benefits of it? Are there any drawbacks?

Essay Topic 2

Roy shows a maturity beyond most of his peers. What are some examples from the novel of Roy handling a situation maturely? Why do you suppose he takes a mature approach to most things? What are some reasons Roy may be slightly more mature than his peers? Is there a situation in which Roy does not act maturely?

Essay Topic 3

Every novel has a genre, a way of categorizing it in literature. What genre is Hoot? What evidence from the book supports your choice of genre?

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