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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 bed does Barry Cook have?

2. What happens to Andy in his car?

3. What does Lee say that Maren likes just as much as he does?

4. What is the sculpture that Maren has a picture of in her journal?

5. What does Sully say about his eating people to reassure Maren?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, standing outside the makeshift tent with Luke, what does Maren remember that she felt for the first time?

2. What does Maren think of when she see Mrs. Harmon's spare room?

3. Where do Lee and Maren go directly after taking the drunken cowboy's truck?

4. How does Lee initially find out that Maren eats people?

5. Who is the first person that Maren eats?

6. When Lee looks inside Maren's bag after their driving lesson, he finds some books that do not belong to Maren. Who do they belong to?

7. What happens with Maren and Jamie at Janelle's boss' Christmas party?

8. Where does Maren end up that night after leaving her grandparent's house?

9. In Chapter 1, what is the thing that finally makes Maren's mom "see" that Maren ate someone?

10. What is the shape of Douglas Harmon's Lucretian Cup Award?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do fairytales and myths play in the story? Do you think Bones and All could be considered a type of fairytale? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of "eater" is Maren? What kind of "eater" is Lee? How do their differences as "eaters" affect how they feel about themselves, their identity, and how they relate to others?

Essay Topic 3

What role does food play in the story? What kind of food do the characters eat when they are not eating people? Why do you think DeAngelis chose that kind of food?

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