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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 stops the cow that was running toward the house?

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

3. How does Ted describe Thorn to Fone?

4. Who does Fone find with the possum children after they run out of his house in Chapter two?

5. What bothers Fone about the encounter with the dragon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Smiley find in chapter one?

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

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

1) What role has Lucius played in the story up to this point?

2) Was it surprising that Lucius was waiting on Gran'ma with a flower? Why or why not?

3) Speculate on the role that you believe Lucius will have later in the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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