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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ted decide to take Phoney to?
(a) The rat creatures.
(b) Thorn's Gran'ma.
(c) Thorn.
(d) His big brother.

2. Where does Thorn say she is taking Fone?
(a) To see Ted.
(b) To her grandmother's house.
(c) To talk to the dragon.
(d) To the village.

3. What does Gran'ma say about Fone and Phoney staying?
(a) They will have to pay for their rooms.
(b) They can sleep in the barn.
(c) They cannot stay under any conditions.
(d) It will bring bad luck.

4. What does Fone say about the help that Miz 'Possum has given to him?
(a) I is kind but no necessary.
(b) It has kept him from feeling lonely.
(c) It is what has gotten him through the winter.
(d) It has reassured his faith in good will.

5. What does the map finally lead Fone to?
(a) A farm.
(b) Boneville.
(c) A vast kingdom.
(d) A valley with water.

6. What does THorn do when Fone begins to tell her about Moby Dick?
(a) Pretends to be asleep.
(b) Drool on herself while looking glass eyed.
(c) Tells him it sounds like a torture device.
(d) Starts to giggle.

7. What does the dragon tell the rat creatures in Chapter two?
(a) This was rather unwise.
(b) Beat it!
(c) You have to the count of three....
(d) Scram!

8. What happens to Fone just as he says that he needs to get out of the woods because they are too weird for him?
(a) A group of dragons come out of the forest.
(b) A thick blanket of snow falls all at once.
(c) A group of creatures appears.
(d) Ted shows back up.

9. What does Smiley say is the reason that the Mayor declared a holiday in Boneville for?
(a) To have enough people to start a proper mob.
(b) So that everyone could have a hand in burning down Phoney's house.
(c) They needed more holidays.
(d) So the kids could throw rocks at Phoney.

10. What does Fone have in his knapsack in Chapter three?
(a) Water.
(b) Books.
(c) Food.
(d) Pictures of Phoney and Smiley.

11. Why does Gran'ma Ben ask Ted to leave?
(a) She wants Ted to go and keep a look out for rat creatures.
(b) She needs to talk to Phoney in private.
(c) She needs Ted to go get Thorn.
(d) She is going to tear Phoney appart from the inside out.

12. What does the dragon tell Fone in chapter three when he pokes his head out of the well?
(a) He says Thorn is a pretty girl.
(b) He wants Thorn to think Fone is crazy.
(c) He asks Fone how he slept.
(d) He asks Fone for another light.

13. 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.

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

15. What does Thorn say the people in the village bet?
(a) Paper money.
(b) Goods and services.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Lumps of gold and other jewels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops the two creatures from eating Fone in Chapter one?

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 does Miz 'Possum ask Fone to do after she has brought him blankets in Chapter two?

5. What reason does Phoney give in chapter one when he says "They can't do this to me?"

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