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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the second creature refuse to start a fire when he is asked?
(a) He can't find any wood.
(b) Because the first creature called him fat.
(c) His matches are wet.
(d) He doesn't know how to build a fire.

2. Why is Fone told that he needs to hurry and get out of the valley?
(a) The valley is dangerous.
(b) The king doesn't like intruders.
(c) Winter is coming.
(d) The valley is enchanted.

3. What does Ted warn Phoney about?
(a) Gran'ma won't like Phoney's attitude.
(b) There is a war coming to the valley.
(c) To not step on him.
(d) There are dangerous creatures in the forest.

4. What does the dragon tell the rat creatures in Chapter two?
(a) Scram!
(b) This was rather unwise.
(c) Beat it!
(d) You have to the count of three....

5. What does Fone tell Ted that Ted looks like when they first meet in Chapter one?
(a) A speck of dirt.
(b) A leaf.
(c) A twig.
(d) The effects that dehydration has on the mind.

6. What does Fone offer to do for the children when they first get back to Fone's home in Chapter two?
(a) Build them a tent.
(b) Play a game of hide-and-seek.
(c) Cook for them.
(d) Tell them a story.

7. What bothers Fone about the encounter with the dragon?
(a) The dragon smells funny.
(b) The dragon talks in riddles.
(c) The dragon knew Fone was baby-sitting.
(d) The dragon refused to tell Fone where his cousins are.

8. Why does Gran'a say Phoney and Fone are obviously pets?
(a) They smell like chicken.
(b) They are fuzzy.
(c) They are short.
(d) You can't milk them.

9. What does Fone ask the rat creatures in chapter two when they growl at him?
(a) What they had for lunch.
(b) If they would like some of his pie.
(c) If they are always this cranky.
(d) Why they follow him.

10. After getting to the spring what does Fone say he should have asked the dragon?
(a) What dragons eat.
(b) Where Boneville is.
(c) If he had seen Fone's cousins.
(d) Why he is following him.

11. What does Fone tell Thorn about the dragon?
(a) Fone thinks the dragon is following him.
(b) Fone is not sure the dragon isn't a figment of his imagination.
(c) Fone thinks the dragon is hiding something.
(d) Fone thinks the dragon knows the way home.

12. What does Fone say he would have done to the rat creatures if he was a dragon in Chapter two?
(a) Pinched their heads off, spit down their necks and then put the heads back.
(b) Blasted them with fire.
(c) Ate them.
(d) Squashed them flat.

13. In the beginning of chapter one, how long does Smiley say that it has been since they were kicked out of Boneville?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) No one can remember exactly.

14. What landmark does Fone first say that he cannot find on the map he has?
(a) The mountain range.
(b) The river.
(c) The gorge.
(d) That town.

15. What are the possum children doing when Fone first enters his home in Chapter two?
(a) Cracking nuts.
(b) Jumping off the table.
(c) Swimming in the stew.
(d) Throwing rocks in the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Fone first find at the hot spring?

2. What do the possum children say that they are the best at?

3. What does Fone say about the help that Miz 'Possum has given to him?

4. What does Fone blame it on when he briefly sees the Great Red Dragon in Chapter one?

5. What does Ted say when the creatures appear to talk to Fone?

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