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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 are Smiley and Fone doing at the start of Book 5, Chapter 1?

2. Where are Thorn, Smiley, and Fone at the start of Book 6, Chapter 2?

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

4. What is Roque Ja ordered to do in Book 6, Chapter 3?

5. What are the rat creatures deathly afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Briar?

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

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

4. How does the group shake the rat creatures in Chapter 4?

5. How does the group escape from Roque Ja in Chapter 3?

6. Describe Tarsil.

7. What sentences does Tarsil order in Chapter 5?

8. What plan does Phoney have to get everyone into Atheia?

9. What do the locusts do in Book 5?

10. What interaction does Ted have with the Bones in the prologue of Book 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please describe the connection/relationship between Thorn, Briar, and Gran'ma Ben. How are these characters interconnected and what effect does their connection have on the series as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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