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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 Miz 'Possum ask Fone to do after she has brought him blankets in Chapter two?

2. What does Smiley say when Fone says they are lost in Chapter one?

3. What happens when Thorn and Fone touch hands?

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

5. What does Thorn say Gran'ma Ben goes into town each spring to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Speculate on what the hooded one meant by telling Phoney that their unfinished business was his soul?

2) Do you believe that the hooded one was there physically while talking to Phoney? What was meant by 'subtle methods of contacting you'?

3) Does the dragon know of the hooded figure? Why do you believe this?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

1) Do you believe that the dragon was awakened by Fone or that the dragon already knew about Fone?

2) How do you think the hooded one knows about Phoney? Why do you think the hooded one wants Phoney's soul?

3) Why does the dragon seem to keep to close to Fone despite the fact that Phoney is the one that the hooded one wants?

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