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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 Thorn say when Fone tells her that Gran'a appreciates fine literature?

2. What does Phoney suddenly notice that is odd while he is walking through the woods in Chapter four?

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

4. In chapter four what does Fone say Thorn said about the races?

5. What does Thorn do to make her and Fone run faster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In chapter four what does Fone say that Phoney had done that got them kicked out of Boneville?

3. What happens in chapter six when the hooded one appears?

4. What does the dragon say to the rat creatures when he shows up in chapter five?

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

6. What does Lucius tell Gran'ma and the others when they arrive at Barrelhaven?

7. In chapter four what happens when Fone and Thorn get to the water?

8. What does Gran'ma say they are going to do in chapter six after the dragon has gone?

9. Describe the scene in chapter six when Thorn first arrives back home.

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

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) Describe the two rat creatures' personalities that follow Fone around.

2) Does it seem that these two are the norm for the rat creatures?

3) What does it imply to the reader to watch these two creatures interact throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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