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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ted say when the creatures appear to talk to Fone?
(a) I forgot, I have a doctor's appointment.
(b) Yipes!
(c) You're on your own.
(d) I'm gonna go get my brother.

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

3. Why does the second creature refuse to start a fire when he is asked?
(a) His matches are wet.
(b) He can't find any wood.
(c) He doesn't know how to build a fire.
(d) Because the first creature called him fat.

4. What does Miz 'Possum say when Fone says he had a run in with a dragon?
(a) That the dragons went underground to sleep long ago.
(b) That they don't talk about the dragon.
(c) That Fone is making it up for the children.
(d) That it is bad luck to meet a dragon.

5. What does Miz 'Possum say about Ted in Chapter two?
(a) That Ted is her hero.
(b) That Ted always hibernates.
(c) That Ted is a busy bug.
(d) That she hasn't seen Ted all winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the dragon tell Fone in chapter three when he pokes his head out of the well?

2. What does Thorn say she doesn't believe in?

3. What does the dragon say when Fone asks if he can breath fire?

4. What does Fone say he would have done to the rat creatures if he was a dragon in Chapter two?

5. What happens to Fone while running in Chapter one as he and the others get separated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Fone talking about while trying to get out of the gorge in chapter one?

2. What happens after Fone gets out of the water in chapter two after having been chased by the rat creatures?

3. What happens when Thorn finds the map that Smiley had found in the desert?

4. What happens when Fone meets Thorn?

5. Compare the behavior between the Bones in chapter one when they are first introduced.

6. What do the two creatures discuss when they find Fone sleeping in chapter one?

7. Explain what happens when Fone first takes the children home in chapter two.

8. What does Thorn tell Fone about her grandmother going into town?

9. Describe how the chase scene begins in chapter two between Fone and the rat creatures.

10. Describe the scene in chapter three when Gran'ma Ben arrives home.

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