Question 1

What is the setting?

Accepted Answer

Coconut Grove, Florida

Answer

Miami, Florida

Answer

Bozeman, Montana

Question 2

Who is the protagonist character?

Accepted Answer

Roy

Answer

Beatrice

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Officer Delinko

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Dana

Question 3

Who is the antagonist character?

Accepted Answer

Dana

Answer

Beatrice

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Mullet Fingers

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Officer Delinko

Question 4

Which of the following is a rising action in the plot?

Accepted Answer

Roy writes an apology letter to Dana who later gets arrested at the construction site.

Answer

Mother Paula comes to the construction site for the groundbreaking ceremony.

Answer

Officer Delinko suggests to Chuch Muckle to negotiate.

Answer

Mullet Fingers is found in a burrowing owl's home.

Question 5

What is the climax of the story?

Accepted Answer

Roy, Beatrice, and Mullet Fingers protest at Mother Paula's Pancake House groundbreaking ceremony.

Answer

Roy was bitten by a dog and taken to the emergency room.

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Roy convinces his class why they should protest at Mother Paula's Pancake House construction site.

Answer

Chuck Muckle threatens Curly's job.

Question 6

Who is the antagonist character?

Accepted Answer

Mother Paula's Pancake House

Answer

Kimberly Lou Dixon

Answer

Roy

Answer

Curly

Question 7

What the resolution of the story?

Accepted Answer

Through the newspaper, Roy stops the construction and saves the burrowing owls' homes.

Answer

The councilman gets caught for losing the EIS.

Answer

Roy goes to City Hall to see the permits.

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Mullet Fingers takes pictures of the burrowing owls.

Question 8

How did Roy notice the strange boy running alongside the school bus?

Accepted Answer

Dana had his face smashed against the bus window.

Answer

Roy saw a quick runner with no shoes trying to get to the bus stop.

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Roy looked out his window and saw a bright shirt.

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The running boy was hitting the side of the bus.

Question 9

Why didn't the vice principal suspend Roy after the bus fight with Dana?

Accepted Answer

She saw the bruises on Roy's neck.

Answer

The bus driver reported what Dana did.

Answer

Roy's parents filed a complaint with the school.

Answer

Roy broke Dana's nose in order to defend himself.

Question 10

Why did Beatrice bite a hole in Roy's bike tire?

Accepted Answer

The flat tire would give Roy an excuse for getting home late.

Answer

Beatrice was seeking revenge for pushing her on the bus.

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It was Beatrice's way of threatening Roy to leave the running boy alone.

Answer

Beatrice wants him to know how strong she is.

Question 11

What did Officer Delinko find the second time he was called to the construction site?

Accepted Answer

alligators in the portable potties

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stakes pulled up and holes filed in

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poisonous snakes infestation

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seats missing in the earth moving machines

Question 12

How did the fight in the janitor's closet end?

Accepted Answer

Someone pulled Dana off of Roy.

Answer

Beatrice punched Dana.

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The history teacher broke up the fight.

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Roy ran away after punching Dana.

Question 13

Which was not a method used to protect the construction site?

Accepted Answer

video survallence

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trained guard dogs

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installing a fence around the site

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24-hour police protection

Question 14

What did Roy feel was his solemn duty as an only child?

Accepted Answer

to survive

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never talk about the child they lost

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to be good all the time

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bring happiness to his parents

Question 15

Why did Mullet Fingers do all the crazy things at the construction site?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to protect the burrowing owls.

Answer

He was protecting his home.

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He was bored and enjoyed watching Curly get upset.

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He wanted revenge for his mother sending him to military school.

Question 16

Why was "Roy" taken to the hospital?

Accepted Answer

He needed medical attention after being bit by a dog.

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He was dehydrated.

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He needed medical attention after being bit by a snake.

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He had a bike accident in the rain.

Question 17

How did Mullet Fingers get his nickname?

Accepted Answer

He was able to catch a mullet with his bare hand.

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He often took his hand through  his mullet haircut.

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He was able to capture snakes with his fingers.

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He was a runaway.

Question 18

Why was Dana arrested?

Accepted Answer

He chased Roy to the construction site where Curly captured him.

Answer

He was caught spray painting the police car.

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He stole a box of cigarettes.

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He was arrested for attempting to choke Roy.

Question 19

Why did Officer Delinko throw a fake alligator at Dana?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to see how Dana would react.

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He wanted to give Dana  a laugh before going to the juvenile detention center.

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He was playing a practical joke on Dana.

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He was seeking revenge for what Dana did.

Question 20

Why did Roy go to City Hall?

Accepted Answer

to check on Mother Paula's permits

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to report a truancy

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gather documents for a school project

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report spotting burrowing owls at the construction site.

Question 21

What saved the owls from Mother Paula's construction?

Accepted Answer

a missing Environmental Impact Statement

Answer

Mullet Fingers being stuck in a burrowing owl hole

Answer

Kimberly Lou Dixon joining the protest

Answer

Chuck Muckle loosing his cool

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