Characters
Owns a snowboard, but not a skateboard
Roy Eberhardt
Really wants to be a detective
Officer Delinko
Explain how Curly changed in the resolution of the story
He cared about the owls
Roy's punishment for fighting with Dana on the bus
A two-week suspension from riding the bus
What is the first thing Roy notices the first time he sees Mullet Fingers (beside the fact that he's running)?
Mullet Fingers is barefoot
Curly's boss
Chuck Muckle
Sometimes lives in an abandoned ice cream truck
Mullet Fingers
How do Roy's parents discover that Roy has been hanging out with Mullet Fingers?
Roy uses his own name when Mullet Fingers needs to go to the hospital
In which plot section do we learn that Roy and his family have just moved to Florida from Montana?
The exposition
Mrs. Eberhardt tells Roy he has to settle the argument between which two things?
His heart and his mind
His real name is Napoleon Bridger
Mullet Fingers
A government employee in the Justice Department
Mr. Eberhardt
After the climax, what did Roy give to the reporter who came to his house?
The permit file for the pancake house, which was missing the environmental study
Name 2 ways Mullet Fingers sabotaged the construction site
Put alligators in porta-potties, pulled up stakes, released rattlesnakes, stole seats from construction equipment, painted Officer Delinko's car windows, dropped Curly's gun in the toilet
List 3 facts about the burrowing owls
They have long legs and short tails, are very small (8-9 inches tall), are mostly nocturnal but sometimes seen during the day, eat mostly bugs and worms, usually nest between February and July, live in burrows made by other animals, are protected by law in the state of Florida
Stole Roy's bike
Beatrice Leep
The son of the guidance counselor at Trace Middle School
Garrett
What happens to Mullet Fingers in the resolution of the story?
He escapes from juvie and disappears
Describe what Roy found when he followed Mullet Fingers into the woods
A campsite, a bag full of clothes, a bag full of rattlesnakes
List 3 conflicts in the book and identify their types.
Many answers
The name of the minor celebrity who played Mother Paula
Kimberly Lou Dixon
Curly's real name
Leroy Branitt
List 5 events that occurred during the 'rising action' section of the plot
Many answers
Describe the climax of the story
The pancake house tries to hold its groundbreaking ceremony, but Roy and Mullet Fingers manage to stop it by bringing people to support the owls and by Mullet Fingers burying himself in an owl den; kids form a ring around Mullet Fingers to protect him
Identify a central theme in the book.
Many possible answers!