Life on Alcatraz 101
Moose on the Loose
Natalie the Number Queen
Other Characters
Figurative Language
100
Alcatraz is closest to this U.S. city
What is San Francisco?
100
Moose's real name and who he got it from
What is Matthew? He got the nickname from Natalie.
100
This is what makes Natalie unique or different
What is Autism?
100
Mr. Flanagan's two jobs on Alcatraz
What are electrician and guard?
100
"I want to be here like I want poison oak on my private parts" (3).
What is a simile?
200
Name the school on Alcatraz that Natalie was to attend
What is the Esther P. Marinoff school?
200
The way Moose sleeps on his first night on Alcatraz
What is fully clothed and with a baseball bat under his covers?
200
Each year, Mrs. Flanagan celebrates Natalie's _____th birthday.
What is 10th
200
The warden's daughter
Who is Piper ?
200
"Oh, great. I have little Eleanor Roosevelt on one side of the door" (10).
What is a metaphor?
300
Name the headmaster of the school Natalie was to attend
Who is Mr. Purdy?
300
Moose's sport of choice and position he plays
What is baseball and second base?
300
Natalie loves to carry these around with her and sort them.
What are buttons?
300
Who is Carrie Kelly and what does she have to do with the story?
What is the woman Mrs. Flanagan hires to help Natalie get into the Esther P. Marinoff school
300
"A full moon cuts a wide path across the bay as the wild wind blows" (4).
What is personification?
400
The year in which the novel takes place
What is 1935?
400
Why does Moose change his presentation in Mrs. Bimp's class?
What is When Piper gives her presentation, she says that Moose can back up her stories about Alcatraz. Since he does not want to get on her bad side, he changes his presentation to do so.
400
The two things Moose promises Natalie in order to get her to put on her blue dress.
What are to let her take her buttons outside and to take her swimming?
400
The first kid who Moose and Natalie meet that also lives on Alcatraz
Who is Theresa?
400
"The hairs on my arms so tall, I could pick up radio signals with them" (40).
What is a hyperbole?
500
The warden's rule that Piper breaks in Miss Bimp's class
What is Rule #4- She talks about Alcatraz and the criminals?
500
Why did Moose have conflicting emotions about helping Natalie get off the ferry and go to her new school?
He is unsure if this is really the right place for her, but he wants to be helpful and obedient.
500
Moose always says good morning to Natalie (even though she never says hi back) for this reason.
What is the one day he didn't greet her, she spent the whole day crying?
500
Explain Piper's laundry plan
What is charge the students in her class to have their clothes washed by the convicts in Alcatraz?
500
"...my face hot as a furnace" (56).
What is a simile?
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