Characters
Who is the main character in Hoot?
Roy
What animal does Roy see being attacked by a raptor in Montana?
A ground squirrel
What type of figurative language is “The quiet wrapped around him like a soft blanket”?
Simile and personification
What do the two cars (Suburban and Camaro) symbolize?
rich and poor
What Florida animal is at the center of the protest?
Burrowing Owl
Who is the boy that Roy sees running and later befriends?
Mullet Fingers
What did Roy borrow his mom’s digital camera for?
To take pictures of the owls
What device is used in: “Roy’s mouth was as dry as chalk”?
simile
What is one theme of Hoot?
Sometimes you must do unconventional things to accomplish a goal
What was in Mullet Fingers’ protest bucket?
phony snakes
What is Mullet Fingers' real name?
Napoleon Bridger
What did Mullet Fingers release at the construction site in his last act of protest?
Crickets
What is the literary device in “a bronze-colored wisp vanishing into a snarled tree line”?
metaphor
What does the raptor in the Montana memory symbolize?
Mullet Fingers
How did Beatrice break her tooth?
She bit a ring
Who is the school's vice principal?
Miss Hennepin
What did Officer Delinko use to trick Dana?
plastic toy alligator
What type of irony is Kimberly Lou Dixon being part of the Audubon Society?
situational irony
What do owls often symbolize?
wisdom
What point of view is used in Hoot?
Third-person omniscient
Who is Kimberly Lou Dixon in the story?
An actress used in Mother Paula’s ads
How did Mullet Fingers escape juvenile detention the last time?
hid in a laundry basket
What two things are being compared in “mullet erupted, sleek bars of silver”?
mullet and sleek bars of silver
What do we call it when we have two separate plot lines in a novel?
parallel plot lines
Where did Curly find his gun after Dana’s arrest?
In the portable toilet