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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. Who do Thorn and Gran'ma Ben see being arrested in Book 8, Chapter 6?

2. What is the one thing Thorn remembers from the attack on her parents?

3. Who/what attacks Fone and the others as they stand on a ledge in Book 5, Chapter 4?

4. Who stops the villagers from stringing up Phoney in Book 6, Chapter 1?

5. What does Phoney use to sneak everyone into the city in Book 8, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Thorn when they are visiting Gran'ma's old teacher?

2. What sentences does Tarsil order in Chapter 5?

3. What happens to Bartleby in Book 5?

4. What does Lucius share about his past with the sisters, Briar and Rose?

5. What information about the hooded-one does Thorn share in Chapter 3?

6. What are the circumstances around Bartleby's return in Chapter 3?

7. What happens when Thorn and Fone enter the ghost circle?

8. Who is Taneal and what happens to her in Chapter 6?

9. Describe Tarsil.

10. Why doesn't Thorn want to go to the Old Man's Cave?

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 what fiction is. Does the Bone series meet the requirements to be considered fiction? Why or why not? What specific type of fiction would these books be considered?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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