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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 Fone tell Thorn about the dragon?

2. What does Thorn say about the apple pie she is making?

3. What does Gran'ma say about Fone and Phoney staying?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Smiley find in chapter one?

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

7. What happens after Fone gets out of the water in chapter two after having been chased by the rat creatures?

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

9. What happens when Fone meets Thorn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the role that family ties have in this story.

2) Compare the family bonds that are seen, Thorn and her Gran'ma, the Bones, and Ted and his brother. Do any of these contradict the role of family? Explain.

3) Do you believe that Phoney, Fone, and Smiley all feel the same way about family? Why or why not?

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) 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?

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