Scat – Chapter 21 and 22 Questions

Chapter 21

  1. ______In the beginning of chapter 21, what did Mrs. Starch say was the plan for the baby panther?
  1. They wanted to nurse it to good health, and then send it to a zoo.
  2. Mrs. Starch was going to keep it.
  3. They were going to reunite it with its mother.
  1. ______Who drove Nick and Marta back to town?
  1. Mrs. Starch
  2. Twilly
  3. Melton
  1. ______Twilly ran into Duane after he set fire to what object a couple of years ago?
  1. A small shopping center on fire
  2. An airline billboard advertising a trip to Paris
  3. A small car isolated in a car lot
  1. ______Twilly told Nick and Marta that they need Smoke for their plan because he is a natural born ______.
  1. Fire starter
  2. A natural born investigator
  3. A natural born tracker
  1. ______Who did Twilly tell Nick and Marta that he had figured out set the fire at Black Vine Swamp?
  1. Melton
  2. Red Diamond Corporation
  3. Duane’s father
  1. ______Why did Twilly tell Marta and Nick that he lived at Black Vine Swamp?
  1. He told them he cared about the land and the animals that lived on the land, and he couldn’t stand to see what was going on out there.
  2. He told them that he had spent all of his money, and he loved nature.
  3. He told them that he was secretly working for the sheriff’s office investigating the fire.
  1. ______In the beginning, how many baby panthers did they find?
  1. 6
  2. 2
  3. 1

Chapter 22

  1. ______When Smoke’s mother found out he was a fugitive, did she come back from Paris to try and talk him in to surrendering?
  1. Yes
  2. No
  1. ______What was her reasoning for not coming back from Paris?
  1. She said it was too long of a plane trip for her at her age.
  2. She said that it would not do any good if she did come because Duane would not listen to her.
  3. She said that it was the busy season for her shop, and she needed to be there.
  1. ______What was Horace the dog trained specifically to hunt?
  1. Bears
  2. He was a man hunter
  3. Panthers
  1. ______Where was Nick’s father packing to go and why did he have to go there?
  1. He was going back to Iraq to serve in the military.
  2. He was going to the local hospital to speak with people who were amputees.
  3. He was going back to the military hospital because his infection was getting worse.
  1. ______What did Smoke ask Nick when he came to Nick’s house on a motorcycle?
  1. He asked Nick what was on the news about him.
  2. He asked Nick could he keep his Biology book for another week.
  3. He asked Nick could he stay at his house because of the dog trying to track people at the swamp.