HOOT chapters 1-3

The setting for the novel Hoot is

• Florida, in the past - at least a century ago - the 1800's

• A city named Hoot, Alaska

• Boston, Massachusetts

• present day in Florida

Roy ashamed of lying is an example of which type of conflict?

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. Character

• character vs. nature

• character vs. society

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Dana bullying Roy is an example of which type of conflict?

• character vs. self

• character vs. character

• character vs. nature

• character vs. society

Who is behind the vandalism at Paula’s Pancake House construction site ?

• Dana

• Officer Delinko doesn't know yet

• Curly

• owls

Word choice - the exact words chosen by an author (for example, how his choice of words describe the running boy)-- is a tool an author uses to

• paint a picture in the reader’s mind

• make a mental picture that is so vivid it sticks in the reader’s memory

• it is an interesting way of saying something

• all of the above

What was discovered in the porta - pottys at the construction site?

• Owl eggs

• alligators

• Roy's books

• Toilet paper

Could the behavior at Paula’s Pancake House construction site be described as malicious?

You may have to look up "malicious"

• yes

• no

• There is nothing strange going on.

Roy was intrigued, or very interested, with the Running Boy because the running boy

• was unlike any person Roy had ever seen before: no shoes, and he didn't stop running for anything- clearly a student-aged boy, but no book bag, either

• was tan

• was the fastest human he'd ever seen

How would you describe Dana Matherson?

(Evidence from the text would clearly prove your answer to be correct!)

• gentle, kind

• quiet, intellectual

• the bus driver

• a bully of the worst kind

Why did Roy punch Dana and break his nose?

• He was defending a little boy

• Roy was swatting away a mosquito on Dana's nose

• Someone dared him to do it.

• Dana was choking Roy.