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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. Where does Maren want to go from Travis' house?

2. What is the person's destination who gives Lee and Maren a lift from Laskin Park?

3. What does Maren give to Kayla as a gift?

4. What is Sully's nickname for Maren?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 11, Why do Lee and Maren need to start hitchiking again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What special knowledge does Travis have about Frank?

2. What does Maren find out about what happened when Frank was a boy and a man at a gas station?

3. What does Travis give Maren that Frank has prepared in advance?

4. Why does Lee eat the girl who works the ball-toss booth?

5. Why does Frank mutilate his own hand?

6. What is Lee trying to convince Maren of in regard to Sully while Lee and Maren are at the carnival?

7. For whom does Maren start dressing differently? Why?

8. Why does Lee eat Keri-Ann?

9. Why does Travis go to his police friend for information?

10. How does Lee feel about seeing Sully at the carnival?

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

Bones and All is told in the first person point of view, exclusively from Maren's perspective. Why do you think DeAngelis chose to tell the story from Maren's perspective? How does this affect the plot and the development of the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lee let Maren eat him? What are the circumstances surrounding that moment? What are the differences in regard to honesty and intention between Lee and the other boys Maren has eaten? How does this difference affect how Maren feels afterward? How is Maren changed after eating Lee?

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