Q 01/05

In Hoot, what does Officer Delinko find splashing inside the portable toilets on the building site?

A) Snapping turtles

B) Alligators

C) Giant bullfrogs

D) Green iguanas

Answer · why

B) Alligators

Alligators were swimming in the tanks, so a reptile wrangler had to be called to haul them out. The same visit turned up a flatbed with its tires let ...

Q 02/05

In Hoot, how did the running boy Roy chases earn the nickname Mullet Fingers?

A) Catching fish bare-handed

B) Wearing a mullet haircut

C) Gutting fish at the docks

D) Stealing bait from anglers

Answer · why

A) Catching fish bare-handed

Catching fish bare-handed is his trick: he can snatch a slippery mullet straight out of the creek. Beatrice gave him the nickname, and his real name s...

Q 03/05

In Hoot, which state did Roy Eberhardt love most before his family moved to Florida?

A) Wyoming

B) Idaho

C) Montana

D) Colorado

Answer · why

C) Montana

Montana was Roy's favorite of all the places the family had lived, so that is where he told his new classmates he was from. He was actually born in De...

Q 04/05

In Hoot, what hits Roy above the ear and knocks him down as he chases the running boy?

A) A baseball

B) A frisbee

C) A tennis ball

D) A golf ball

Answer · why

D) A golf ball

A golf ball struck him after the chase spilled off the street and onto a course. Roy went down, and the mystery boy got away into the trees.

Q 05/05

In Hoot, what does Mullet Fingers roll into tiny balls to tempt the owls out of their burrows?

A) Ground beef

B) Bread dough

C) Peanut butter

D) Canned tuna

Answer · why

A) Ground beef

Ground beef does the job: he sets the little meatballs beside the holes and a tiny owl comes out to eat. Roy's mother gave them the meat believing it ...