What is Moose's real name? How did he get the nickname 'Moose'?
What is Matthew. He got the nickname from Natalie.
100
By today's standards, what disorder would Natalie have?
What is Autism
100
What are Mr. Flanagan's two jobs on Alcatraz
What is electrician and guard
100
What type of figurative language is this statement? This is the dock guard tower, a popcorn stand on stilts where somebody's dad sits with enough firepower to blow us all to smithereens.
What is a metaphor?
200
Name the school on Alcatraz that Natalie was to attend
What is Esther P. Marinoff school
200
How does Moose sleep 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
Who is the warden's daughter?
What is Piper
200
It conveys a universal message about life.
What is theme
300
Name the headmaster of the school Natalie was to attend
What is Mr. Purdy
300
What is Moose's sport of choice and what position does he play?
What is baseball and second base
300
How does Natalie help when Piper needs to divide the laundry money?
What is she divides the numbers in her head and tells how much each child should receive.
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
What literary element is this in the story? Mr. Purdy call and says that Natalie is accepted in the Esther P. Marinoff school.
What is the climax of the story?
400
What year does the novel take place in?
What is 1935
400
Why does Moose change the outline of his project?
What is When Piper gives her outline, she says that Moose can back up her stories about Alcatraz. Since he does not want to anger her, he changes his outline to do so.
400
What two things does Moose promise Natalie in order to get her to put on her blue dress?
What is to let her take her buttons outside and to take her swimming.
400
How did Piper fail at getting Mrs. Capone's attention? What eventually did get her attention?
What is dropping her purse on Mrs. Capone's foot. What is Rocky's crying.
400
I think about going in my room now, but it smells like the inside of an old lunch bag in there. My bed's a squeaky old army cot. When I sit down, it sounds like dozens of mice are dying an ugly death.
What is a simile?
500
Which of the warden's rules does Piper break in Miss Bimp's class?
What is Rule #4- She talks about Al Capone in the outline of her report.
500
Why did Moose have conflicting emotions when watching Natalie with convict 105?
What is he is upset she is holding hands with a convict, but happy that she is dong something normal for a sixteen year old girl
500
Why is Moose happy to hear Natalie's impression of Mrs. Kelly?
What is it shows a level of understanding that Natalie has never exhibited before.
500
Why did Mrs. Capone not get to visit her son?
What is her corset sets off the metal detector and she is strip searched. She leaves because she is humiliated.
500
Name one theme from the book and connect them with the story.
What is Dealing with change, Personal strength and courage, Family, Friendship, Responsibility, Communication, Truth, Overcoming handicaps