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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 scares off the rat creatures before they can eat Fone in Book 1, Chapter 1?

2. What role does Kingdok have with the rat creatures?

3. Who started the rumor that Gran'ma Ben would not win the next cow race?

4. What does Thorn find in Fone's backpack?

5. What advice does Phoney give Lucius in Book 2, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the villagers think of dragons and what does Phoney do with this knowledge?

3. What does Gran'ma say about dragons in Book 3, Chapter 5?

4. What does Thorn learn about herself in Book 4, Chapter 3?

5. How does Phoney find Smiley?

6. What is Kingdok's role in Book 4?

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

8. What dreams occur in Book 3?

9. What state does Lucius find things in when he returns from looking for Gran'ma Ben?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used in the Bone books. Please provide an example of the use of foreshadowing in the novel. What information was the foreshadowing trying to make the reader aware of? Do you think that this foreshadowing was well-written by the author? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What type of role does conflict have in a work of literature? What are two examples of conflict in the Bone books and what is their role/outcome?

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