Hoot Ch. 13-17

What book does Roy show his dad that will help explain his story?

• A book about birds - he has marked the page about burrowing owls.

• A science book - to prove he was really just doing a science experiment

• A book about injuries due to dog bites

In chapter 13, Roy tells his parents everything, except Mullet Fingers real name, which he honestly doesn't know. What he does understand, and tries to explain to his parents, is __

• Mullet Fingers had a personal hatred for Curly, so that is why he did what he did at the construction site.

• Mullet Finger's mother is so sweet, and is so worried about her son.

• Mullet Fingers and the whole crazy situation happened because Mullet Fingers was trying to protect the owl nests at the construction site, which are about to be destroyed.

The text states that Roy’s father stood up slowly as if the weight of a hundred bricks were on his shoulders. This is figurative language used by the author for effect. Roy's dad is not literally holding a ton of bricks on his shoulders. What does this mean?

• Curly had a ton of bricks on site waiting to building the pancake house.

• He felt the pressure and stress, seriousness and heaviness of the situation - he was very worried.

• Roy's father was a very strong, muscular man.

The author states that Roy still hadn’t settled the argument between his brain and his heart. Surely there had to be a way for him to help the birds – and Beatrice’s stepbrother – without breaking the law. What literary element is exemplified in this passage?

• conflict - a struggle: character vs. self

• metaphor - a comparison using "is"

• setting - time or place of a novel

According to what the author writes, how does Roy feel about Lonna after meeting her when he goes to the house to see Beatrice?

• She is a sweet mother who kindly asks Beatrice to do some chores around the house before going for ice cream.

• He is very impressed with her beauty, her grace, and her attitude. He doesn't understand why Mullet Fingers would not want to live with her and Leon.

• He kind of hopes that Beatrice bites off her witch head like she bit a hole in the bike tire.

What do Dana Matherson and Mullet Fingers have in common?

• a great dislike of shoes

• a great concern for the environment

• unfit mothers

How did Mullet Fingers explain he tried to fix the owl nest situation at the construction site without reverting to breaking the law?

• Beatrice wrote a letter to Paula's Pancake House explaining the environmental damage construction would cause to the owls.

• Mullet held a press conference with the local news TV station

• Mullet Fingers wrote a paper at schools about the dangers of modern construction infringing on Florida wildlife.

After trying to go to Dana's house and talk some sense into him, Roy goes to the junkyard to see Mullet Fingers and to check to see if he is doing ok. Mullet Fingers takes Roy to a hidden sanctuary, where Roy witnesses something:

• the running boy caching a mullet with his bare hands

• the running boy's gun collection that he is going to use to protect the owls at the construction site.

• Officer Delinko spray painting the vehicle Mullet Fingers lives in.

which of the following demonstrates Conflict: character vs self (in other words, a character is having a struggle in their own head )

• Roy punches Dana M.

• Roy knows that vandalizing the construction site is a crime, even if it is for the noble cause of saving the owl dens that would be destroyed by buldozers.

• Beatrice's stepmom makes her clean the house.

How does Roy lure Dana to the construction site (as part of his "plan")

• He goes to Dana's house, moons him, Dana wants to fight him, and then Roy tells him about a carton of cigarettes at the construction site, knowing Dana wants those.

• He tells him that Beatrice will be there, and he can "get even" with her for the underpants / flagpole incident.

• He threatens him with a sack full of snakes.