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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 Phoney say sours his plans in Chapter six?

2. What was the slogan for Phoney's campaign?

3. What does Gran'ma tell Thorn in Chapter five when Thorn asks where the rat creatures are as she first enters the room?

4. Why does Phoney tell Smiley to keep it down while they are in the bar in Chapter five?

5. What is Phoney griping about in Chapter four while walking to town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the last scenes of the book where the Bones are all finally reunited.

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

3. What does Fone say to Phoney in chapter four that makes Phoney suddenly excited about going into town with Gran'ma and Thorn?

4. What happens in chapter five when Fone begins smelling brimstone?

5. Describe what happens in the beginning of chapter five when the rat creatures first begin to attack.

6. What happens when the bartender comes over to demand payment from Phoney?

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

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

9. What do Phoney and Smiley discuss in chapter five about the cow race?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why was it necessary for each of Phoney's money making schemes to be described.

2) Which of his schemes stood out the most in your mind and why?

3) After listening to Fone's stories about Phoney what do you believe to be true about the people in Boneville?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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