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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason is given in Book 2, Chapter 3 for no one betting on Gran'ma Ben?

2. How does Phoney feel about having to do chores in Book 1, Chapter 4?

3. Who do the villagers blame for their misfortunes in Book 3, Chapter 8?

4. What happens to Fone in his dream?

5. Where is it that Fone meets Thorn for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Thorn's parents according to Gran'ma Ben?

2. What happens when Gran'ma receives news of a coming battle in Chapter 8?

3. What is Smiley's role in the cow races in Book 2?

4. What scheme does Phoney come up with in Book 4, Chapter 6?

5. Why was Phoney forced out of Boneville?

6. What do Thorn and Fone end up discussing in Book 3, Chapter 3?

7. How does Phoney find Smiley?

8. What does the hooded figure do in Book 1?

9. What changes the villagers thoughts about dragons in Book 4?

10. What happens to Fone right after he gets separated from his cousins in Book 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is narrative mode seen in the Bone series and what types of narrative modes are used? Please provide at least two specific examples of narrative mode from the books.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how dreams and the dream world are significant in the Bone books. What characters specifically are influenced or affected by the dream world and/or dreams? How are they influenced/affected?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the literary devices of personification and anthropomorphism . Which literary technique (personification and anthropomorphism) is seen in the Bone series and how is it seen?

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