Hoot Chapters 6 - 8

____________________ is humiliated when his failure is published in the local newspaper. Thankfully his bosses at the police station give him ______________________________.

• Dana Matherson, a driver's license

• Officer Delinko, a second change

• The Police Chief, a security camera

Roy decides to bring Mullet Fingers a ____________________, but is intercepted by Beatrice Leep. She reveals to Roy a surprising secret: Mullet Fingers is her ___________________.

• pair of shoes, stepbrother

• poisonous snake, best friend

• hot meal, cousin

What can we infer about Roy’s character from his actions with the shoebox?

• The reader can infer that Roy is kind and generous. He is someone who cares about others because he is giving away a pair of shoes that he's barely worn.

• The reader can infer that Roy does acts of kindness to make himself look good. He is willing to give away a pair of shoes that he's barely worn to avoid being beat up by Beatrice.

Beatrice makes a deal with Roy to deliver the shoes as long as he stops ________________________. The promise she makes and the secret she reveals creates trust between them.

• spying on the boy

• teasing the boy

• taking pictures of the boy

Beatrice shocks Roy once again when she uses her ________________ to puncture a hole in his bicycle tire. Roy uses the flat tire as an excuse for his lateness, and accepts a ride home from _____________________.

• pocket knife, the Police Chief

• toenails, Miss Hennepin

• bare teeth, Officer Delinko

Why is Roy reluctant to call Officer Delinko if he hears anything about the construction site?

• Roy does not trust Officer Delinko and assumes that no adults think protecting the owls is important. He thinks that any information he provides will be ignored.

• Roy does not like the idea of “snitching” on his classmates, and he thinks he does not owe Officer Delinko anything—giving him a ride home is part of Delinko’s job.

Over at the construction site, Curly obeys Chuck Muckle and acquires vicious _____________________ to watch over the property.

• Spartans

• reading teachers

• guard dogs

• teenagers

Roy has someone watching over him, as Beatrice saves him from Dana’s brutal _________________.

• bad breath

• beating

• weapon

• gossip

________________ hideout is located inside of an old Jo-Jo’s Ice Cream and Sno-Cones truck.

________________hideout is just up the road on the outskirts of the golf course.

• Mullet Fingers, Beatrice

• Beatrice's, Mullet Fingers

Mullet Finger’s wooded hideout is organic and pure, whereas Beatrice’s junkyard hideout is man-made and polluted.

• TRUE

• FALSE