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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 does Fone save Thorn at the end of Book 6?

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

3. What are the city guards looking for in Book 8, Chapter 4?

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

5. What are the rat creatures deathly afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to Lucius in Book 7?

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

4. What happens to Bartleby in Book 5?

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

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

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

8. Describe Roque Ja.

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Tone and mood are commonly used literary devices. Please explain the difference between tone and mood, give three examples of the author's use of tone and mood in the Bone series, and explain the importance of this use of tone and mood to the reader.

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