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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. How is Briar destroyed in Book 6, Chapter 5?

2. What scares away Fone's attackers in Book 5, Chapter 4?

3. What are the rat creatures deathly afraid of?

4. What do Smiley and Fone see in the distance right before they reach the cave?

5. What has Tarsil made it illegal to do in Atheia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Ted bring to Gran'ma Ben in Book 8?

2. What does the group see when they emerge from the secret cave in Book 7, Chapter 1?

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

4. Why does Fone think Phoney is the way he is?

5. How are Fone and Smiley rescued in Book 5, Chapter 2?

6. What decision is Thorn wrestling with in Chapter 1?

7. What information do the two rat creatures disclose to Fone and Smiley?

8. Describe Tarsil.

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

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

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

A plot line is the backbone of a story. Provide an example of each of the five stages in a plot line and explain how your examples meet the requirements of their particular stage in the plot. You can use examples from any of the books.

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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