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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 Ted warn Phoney about?

2. What does Fone begin following after getting separated from the others in Chapter one?

3. What does Fone compare his home to in Chapter two?

4. What does Fone say about the help that Miz 'Possum has given to him?

5. Who appears and offers to help Phoney in chapter three?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Phoney doing when he is first shown in chapter three?

4. What do the possum children say to Fone when they first encounter each other in chapter two?

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

6. Describe the scene where Fone and the other animals meet back up after the incident with the rat creatures.

7. What sound do the Bones hear in chapter one?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the Bone characters.

1) Describe Fone Bone. What is his personality?

2) Describe Phoney Bone. What is his personality?

3) How would you describe the relationship between these two characters?

Essay Topic 2

1) Speculate on the significance of the map that Smiley found in Chapter one.

2) What do think could be the possible reasons that Thorn feels that the map is familiar in some way?

3) If the map could represent something more in the story what would it be?

Essay Topic 3

1) Why was it necessary for each of Phoney's money making schemes to be described.

2) Which of his schemes stood out the most in your mind and why?

3) After listening to Fone's stories about Phoney what do you believe to be true about the people in Boneville?

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