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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 is Briar?

2. Who rescues Smiley from the rat creatures' attack?

3. In Chapter Three, who else has joined Fone and Smiley as victims?

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

5. Roque Ja says he is going to take Fone and Smiley where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sentences does Tarsil order in Chapter 5?

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

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

5. What has happened to Lucius in Book 7?

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

7. Describe Tarsil.

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

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

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

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

Define imagery and descriptive language. How is imagery and/or descriptive language used in the Bone books? How effective was the author's use of imagery/descriptive language?

Essay Topic 3

Conflict can be seen in several books in the Bone series. Explain the role of conflict in this story. Provide two examples of conflict from the book series and explain what type of conflict they can be considered.

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