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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 kind of food did Phoney have served at the campaign event?

2. What slows Thorn and Gran'ma down as they are nearing the town?

3. What does Thorn find when she returns to her Gran'ma's home in the end of Chapter five?

4. Why does Gran'ma say for them not to worry about her in Chapter five?

5. What does Phoney call phase two of his plan in Chapter six?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Phoney say when Smiley reminds him that he won't be getting money but goods and services?

2. What happens when the dragon and Gran'ma come face to face in chapter six?

3. What happens as Fone and Thorn begin running through the forest?

4. Describe the events that got Phoney kicked out of town.

5. What does Gran'ma explain is happening to her in chapter four when she and Fone are talking about her missing bloomers?

6. Describe the scene in chapter four: Kingdok, when Phoney and Fone are arguing after Phoney has spilled the milk.

7. Describe the conversation that happens between Kingdok and the two rat creatures that continually follow Fone.

8. In chapter four who does Phoney first meet on the way to town?

9. In chapter four what does Thorn tell Phoney about the spring fair while they are on the way to the stream?

10. What do Smiley and Phoney discuss in chapter five when they are first reunited?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1) What would you say that the dragon symbolizes in the story? Explain.

2) Why is Thorn so reluctant to believe there is a dragon?

3) Why does the dragon fail to show himself to Thorn earlier 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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