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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 order when he steps into Barrelhaven?

2. What does the dragon tell Gran'ma when they first encounter each other in Chapter six?

3. Why does Thorn say when Fone thanks her for sticking up for him to the rat creatures?

4. What does Thorn tell Fone when he asks her why they are stopping in Chapter five?

5. What does Phoney say in Chapter five when Smiley asks if they can have another round on Phoney?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What happens when Phoney arrives at Barrelhaven?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare the personality of Gran'ma to that of the dragon. In what ways do they appear to be the same? In what ways do they seem to be different?

2) What is meant by the dragon's response to Fone "Never play an ace when a two will do" in Chapter two?

3) Why does Gran'ma always seem to have a smile on her face and her eyes closed? Would you have drawn her differently? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Why are Thorn and Fone drawn so differently?

2) Compare Thorn and Fone in both appearance and personality.

3) How do the other characters in the story compare with Thorn and Fone in reference to the way that they are drawn?

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