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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 say when the creatures appear to talk to Fone?

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

3. What landmark does Fone first say that he cannot find on the map he has?

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

5. What stops the cow that was running toward the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the children and Fone begin playing?

4. What happens when Phoney finds the dragon?

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

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

7. Describe the conversation that Fone and the Great Red Dragon have in chapter two.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What do you believe the locusts represent?

2) Do you think that the locusts will have more to do with the story than their appearance in chapter one? Why or why not?

3) How does the way that the locusts were drawn compare to the Bones and the other characters? What does this indicate?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe Thorn's dream. What do you think the dream stems from?

2) If Fone were to have a dream speculate on what it would be about.

3) If this story were one of the characters having a dream which character would it be and why?

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