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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smiley find in Chapter one?
(a) A map.
(b) A bag of food.
(c) A necklace with an odd symbol on it.
(d) A house.

2. What do the possum children tell Fone in regards to Fone's wardrobe in chapter two?
(a) Fone's shoes look like their dead grand'pa.
(b) Fone's hat is dorky.
(c) Fone's outfit is smelly.
(d) Fone's shirt is a mess.

3. How does Fone track the possum children when they leave his house?
(a) Footprints in the snow.
(b) A trail of pebbles.
(c) Their giggling.
(d) They stay on the path.

4. What does Fone say about the rat creatures?
(a) They are not scary and kinda dumb.
(b) They are just hungry.
(c) They frighten him.
(d) They are a menace.

5. What bothers Fone about the encounter with the dragon?
(a) The dragon refused to tell Fone where his cousins are.
(b) The dragon smells funny.
(c) The dragon knew Fone was baby-sitting.
(d) The dragon talks in riddles.

6. What does Miz 'Possum ask Fone to do after she has brought him blankets in Chapter two?
(a) Baby-sit.
(b) Tell her when he has found Thorn or Ted.
(c) Help her gather wood.
(d) Go with her to gather supplies.

7. What does Fone begin following after getting separated from the others in Chapter one?
(a) His instincts.
(b) Foot prints.
(c) Cigarette butts.
(d) The north star.

8. What does Fone offer to do for the children when they first get back to Fone's home in Chapter two?
(a) Cook for them.
(b) Build them a tent.
(c) Play a game of hide-and-seek.
(d) Tell them a story.

9. What does the second creature say he wants to do with Fone?
(a) Put him in a stew.
(b) Make a meat pie.
(c) Put him in a quiche.
(d) Eat him raw.

10. In chapter three what does Phoney say Fone is probably doing at that moment?
(a) Laughing at Phoney.
(b) Off with Smiley acting stupid.
(c) Sitting in Phoney's house eating his food.
(d) Laying dead in a ditch somewhere.

11. What does Fone say he would have done to the rat creatures if he was a dragon in Chapter two?
(a) Pinched their heads off, spit down their necks and then put the heads back.
(b) Squashed them flat.
(c) Ate them.
(d) Blasted them with fire.

12. What does Fone tell the possum children when they ask if he was scared of the encounter with the rat creatures in Chapter two?
(a) Of course not.
(b) Of course I was.
(c) I was too busy running to be scared.
(d) As long as you guys were safe, that was all that mattered.

13. Who does Fone first find at the hot spring?
(a) Miz Hedgehog.
(b) Thorn.
(c) Ted.
(d) Smiley.

14. Why does Gran'a say Phoney and Fone are obviously pets?
(a) They are short.
(b) You can't milk them.
(c) They smell like chicken.
(d) They are fuzzy.

15. Who stops the two creatures from eating Fone in Chapter one?
(a) A dragon.
(b) An older woman.
(c) A beautiful young girl.
(d) Smiley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ted decide to take Phoney to?

2. After following the map for sometime in Chapter one what does Fone begin to believe?

3. Who does Fone find with the possum children after they run out of his house in Chapter two?

4. What happens when Thorn and Fone touch hands?

5. Why does Fone say that they had to bring Smiley with them when they ran from Boneville?

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