HOOT quiz chapters 1-7

  Why would Curly say, “What owls?” when asked about the burrowing owls?

•   He had no idea what Officer Delinko was talking about.

•   He did not know that owls were on his property.

•      He knew about them, but he was not worried about what happened to the owls.

•   He wanted to do everything he could to protect the owls.

   What made Miss Hennepin eventually believe Roy’s story?

• She talked with Roy’s parents.

• She saw a note that Dana had written to harass Roy.

•   She saw marks on Roy’s neck.

•   She believed Roy’s explanation of the fight.

   The boy was still far ahead of him [Roy]. And Roy was gulping like a beached trout.

What is being compared in this simile?

•    The way Roy is breathing is being compared to a beached trout.

• The boy ahead of Roy is being compared to a beached trout.

• Roy is being compared to a beach.

• The way Roy looks is being compared to a beached trout.

It turned out that Curly’s real name was Leroy Branitt, and he was the “supervising engineer” of the construction project. He scowled when he saw the policeman write down “foreman” instead.

  In the above passage, supervising engineer is a(n)                                                                                                         for foreman.

•      alliteration

•      simile

•     metaphor

• nice word

  How did the running boy get the name Mullet Fingers?

•    His fingers (and body) smell like a mullet.

•   He can catch a mullet with his hand.

•   He lost a finger in a fishing accident.

•     He tried to feed a mullet a finger.

Who is Beatrice Leep’s step-brother?

• Dana Matherson

•    She does not have one.

•   Mullet Fingers

•     David Delinko

 

The main character of Hoot is         .

• Roy        

• Beatrice Leep    

•     Dana Matherson     

•    b and c

Read the following passage, and then answer question.

The boy was straw-blond and wiry, and his skin was nut-brown from the sun. The expression on his face was intent and serious. He wore a faded Miami Heat basketball jersey and dirty khaki shorts, and here was the odd part: no shoes.

The soles of his feet looked as black as barbeque coals.

  What figurative language is employed in the passage?

 

•   simile

•   alliteration

•   metaphor

•   idiom

  Why did Officer Delinko give Roy his card?

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•   Officer Delinko wanted Roy to get his mother to write a thank-you note.

•    Officer Delinko wanted Roy to teach him how to ride a bike.

•     Officer Delinko wanted Roy to call him if he ever heard a kid talking about the Mother Paula’s Construction Site.

•     Officer Delinko wanted Roy to call him in case of an emergency.

  Mother Paula’s Construction Site.

          In the story, Beatrice bites

 

    

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      Roy’s rear bike tire

        

•       Roy’s cookie in half

           

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     a barbeque sandwich

        

•       a pancake