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

2. How does Fone track the possum children when they leave his house?

3. What does Fone have in his knapsack in Chapter three?

4. What are the possum children doing when Fone first enters his home in Chapter two?

5. What does the creature ask Fone to do in chapter one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the Bones become separated in chapter one?

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

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

4. What happens when Fone meets Thorn?

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

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

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

8. What happens when Phoney finds the dragon?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why are Thorn and Fone drawn so differently?

2) Compare Thorn and Fone in both appearance and personality.

3) How do the other characters in the story compare with Thorn and Fone in reference to the way that they are drawn?

Essay Topic 2

1) Compare the personality of Gran'ma to that of the dragon. In what ways do they appear to be the same? In what ways do they seem to be different?

2) What is meant by the dragon's response to Fone "Never play an ace when a two will do" in Chapter two?

3) Why does Gran'ma always seem to have a smile on her face and her eyes closed? Would you have drawn her differently? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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