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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the bartender do with the money that Phoney gives him?
(a) Sticks it in his pocket.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Tears it up.
(d) Eats it.

2. What does Smiley say he is telling everyone in the bar?
(a) That ther eis a new cow racing that is impossible to beat.
(b) That Gran'ma won't be making it.
(c) That Gran'ma is too old to race.
(d) That rat creatures are roaming the valley.

3. Why does Phoney tell Smiley to keep it down while they are in the bar in Chapter five?
(a) He doesn't want anyone to know they are related.
(b) He doesn't want anyone to get wise to his new plan.
(c) He doesn't want to loose his hearing.
(d) He doesn't want anyone to know they are together.

4. What does Gran'ma tell Thorn to put on in Chapter five?
(a) A warm cloak.
(b) A sword.
(c) Better shoes.
(d) Dark clothing to help hide them in the dark.

5. What does the dragon tell Thorn in chapter six when Thorn first begins to run to the house?
(a) To wait to make sure it is safe.
(b) He can smell rat creatures.
(c) They need to have a plan.
(d) They are too late to help.

6. What does Gran'ma tell Thorn and Fone the rat creatures would think if it was dark in the house?
(a) Rat creatures don't think.
(b) That they were all asleep.
(c) That they were setting traps.
(d) That they were trying to sneak out.

7. Who does Smiley say is the odds-on favorite for winning the cow race?
(a) Gran'ma.
(b) Thorn.
(c) A cow named lucky.
(d) Gran'ma's cow.

8. What had been Phoney's first idea that is mentioned in Chapter four while Fone and Phoney are arguing?
(a) Combining a petting zoo with a slaughter house.
(b) Walking and chewing bubble gum at the same time.
(c) Combining a day care and mining operation.
(d) Combining a lipoction operation with a soap factory.

9. Who is with the dragon when he shows up to help Fone and Thorn in Chapter five?
(a) Gran'ma.
(b) Smiley.
(c) Phoney.
(d) Ted.

10. What does Gran'ma say when Thorn asks Gran'ma if she is all right?
(a) That she isn't sure just yet.
(b) That she is doing better than the rat creatures.
(c) That she wasn't really in any danger.
(d) That she knows now she isn't as young as she used to be.

11. In chapter four what does Fone say Thorn said about the races?
(a) The races are open to all.
(b) It can last all day sometimes.
(c) Some people bet everything they have.
(d) Royalty often puts wages on the races.

12. What office does Fone tell Gran'ma that Phoney had run for in Boneville?
(a) Dictator.
(b) President.
(c) Governor.
(d) Mayor.

13. What does Gran'ma ask Thorn to do while Gran'ma and Fone hitch up the wagon in Chapter six?
(a) Get some clean clothes together.
(b) Go make a pie.
(c) Put out the fire on the roof.
(d) Look for anything useful the rat creatures didn't destroy.

14. What does Gran'ma tell Thorn after the dragon has left?
(a) They have a lot to do before leaving for the spring fair.
(b) They need to work on fixing the house.
(c) They have to find Smiley and Phoney.
(d) The rats will soon be back.

15. What does Gran'ma ask Thorn to bring her in chapter five from the fireplace?
(a) Boiling oil.
(b) Frying pan.
(c) Poker.
(d) Pan of hot coals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gran'ma say she is missing in Chapter four?

2. What does Gran'ma tell Thorn in Chapter five when Thorn asks where the rat creatures are as she first enters the room?

3. What does Fone say that he smells in Chapter five?

4. What unfinished business does the hooded one tell Phoney that they have?

5. What did Phoney promise people if they showed up at his campaign event?

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