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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 does Lucius need to do for Phoney to call off the bet in Book 4, Chapter 1?

2. What does Smiley always carry with him?

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

4. Who does Thorn think drew the map that Smiley found?

5. What is the name of the kingdom that Thorn's family is from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Please describe the three Bone cousins.

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

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

6. In what way does Lucius seem hypocritical or contradictory in Book 2?

7. What thwarts Phoney's money-making scheme in Book 2?

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

9. In what instances does the red dragon appear in Book 1?

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 the theme of self-sacrifice seen throughout the Bone series and what character(s) exemplify the theme of self-sacrifice?

Essay Topic 2

Please explain what characterization is and how it is used in the Bone book series. Provide examples from the story. Do you think that the author's use of characterization was successful?

Essay Topic 3

Relationships are important in this story. Choose two relationship and 1) briefly summarize/explain the relationship, and 2) explain the importance of this relationship to the story as a whole. Do you think that the story could have been the same without these two relationships? Why or why not?

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