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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. What does Thorn say she has done when she wakes Fone up in the beginning of Chapter three?

2. What is Fone told when he asks someone in chapter one how to get back to Boneville?

3. In the beginning of chapter one, how long does Smiley say that it has been since they were kicked out of Boneville?

4. What does THorn do when Fone begins to tell her about Moby Dick?

5. What does Ted warn Phoney about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Fone do when he gets out of the gorge?

3. Describe the scene in chapter three when Thorn wakes Fone up.

4. What does Gran'ma say about Phoney and Fone in the end of chapter three?

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

6. What does Smiley find in chapter one?

7. What do Fone and Miz 'Possum discuss in the beginning of chapter two when they meet?

8. What does Smiley say when Phoney says that he is the most loved Bone in Boneville?

9. What does Fone do to get the children away from the rat creatures?

10. What happens when the children and Fone begin playing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the two rat creatures' personalities that follow Fone around.

2) Does it seem that these two are the norm for the rat creatures?

3) What does it imply to the reader to watch these two creatures interact throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

1) The Bone characters are white with very little distinguishing them from each other. What is the significance of Smiley's cigars and top hat and Phoney's shirt?

2) What other means could the author have used to differentiate between the characters?

3) What method does the author use to express character feelings in the story? How does this differ from other forms of literature?

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the role that Smiley plays in the story?

2) Do you believe that Smiley is dumb or that he just plays dumb? Why?

3) Does Smiley intentionally try to irritate Phoney?

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