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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 do the possum children say that they are the best at?

2. What does Smiley say is the reason that the Mayor declared a holiday in Boneville for?

3. What is on Gran'ma's cow when she arrives home?

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

5. What happens to Fone just as he says that he needs to get out of the woods because they are too weird for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Fone and Thorn discuss about the dragon in chapter three?

2. What happens when Fone meets Thorn?

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

4. In chapter one what is said about why the Bones left Boneville?

5. What happens when Phoney finds the dragon?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Phoney meets Gran'ma Ben?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why does Fone continually help Phoney even though he knows that Phoney will most likely get him into trouble?

2) How does Smiley's reasons for helping Phoney compare to Fone's reasons?

3) What does it indicate that Smiley was worried about Fone because Fone is small?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) How does Kingdok compare with the other two rat creatures that are seen?

2) What does the response the rat creatures have to the news that the hooded one has called them to a meeting indicate?

3) Did it change your view of the rat creatures any when Gran'ma explains that she fought the rats in the big war? Why or why not?

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