Plot 1
This is the endangered animal species that lives on the construction site for Mother Paula's new restaurant location.
What are burrowing owls?
This is why Roy stopped running after Mullet Fingers in Chapter 2.
What is Roy getting hit in the head with a golf ball?
This is what the "S" stands for in the STEAL acronym.
What is speech?
This is what the "L" stands for in the STEAL acronym.
What are looks?
This is a theme reflected in Roy's relationship with his parents.
What is honesty?
This is why Dana stopped hitting Roy in Chapter 8.
What is Beatrice sitting down next to Dana on the bus?
This is the body part that Mullet Fingers had a string connected to, the other side of which was tied to a bucket.
What is Mullet Fingers's tongue?
This is what the "T" stands for in the STEAL acronym.
What are thoughts?
This is what the "A" stands for in the STEAL acronym.
What are actions?
This is a theme reflected in Beatrice's commitment to Mullet Fingers.
What is loyalty?
This is what happened to Officer Delinko's squad car when he fell asleep in it.
What is Officer Delinko's car windows being spray painted black?
This was inside the shoebox that Roy was carrying for Mullet Fingers.
What are shoes?
This is what the "E" stands for in the STEAL acronym.
What is effect made?
This is any character that is relevant to a story but is not the main character.
What is a secondary character?
This is a theme reflected in Mullet Fingers's lack of housing in the book.
What is survival?
This is what Dana's dad assumed Roy had visited the house for.
What is doing Dana's homework?
This is about how many students from Roy's class showed up at the groundbreaking ceremony.
What is about half of the students in his class?
This is the category in STEAL that is direct characterization.
What are looks?
This is the category in STEAL for if I were to describe someone's accent.
What is speech?
This is a theme reflected in Mullet Fingers's defense of the burrowing owls in the novel.
What is the environment?
This is what "mullet" is/are.
Roy found this kind of snake in Chapter 5.
What is a cotton mouth moccasin?
This is the character type in which a character possesses OPPOSITE traits of another character.
What is a character foil?
This is the category in STEAL if I were to describe the way another character reacts to a character.
What is effect made?
SPECIAL ROUND: 1) Identify a theme in the novel. 2) Describe a specific event or scene that supports this theme. 3) Explain the author's message regarding this theme.
Answers will vary.