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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 say about the help that Miz 'Possum has given to him?

2. What does THorn say she and Fone need to do after Fone is awake in Chapter three?

3. Why does Gran'ma Ben ask Ted to leave?

4. What does Thorn warn Fone not to do?

5. What does Miz 'Possum say when Fone says he had a run in with a dragon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Fone enters the valley in chapter one?

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

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

4. What happens when Fone meets Thorn?

5. What does Smiley find in chapter one?

6. What happens when Phoney finds the dragon?

7. What does Thorn tell Fone about her grandmother going into town?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe what you know of the hooded figure.

2) Why is the hooded one's identity kept hidden?

3) What role do you believe that the hooded one plays in the other books in the series?

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe Gran'ma's personality.

2) What is Gran'ma's role in the story?

3) Does it change your view of Gran'ma that she knew the dragon? What reasons could she have for not telling Thorn or Fone about the dragon even after they knew that she knew the dragon?

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