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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color coat is Alice wearing when the children go to the bus stop in Chapter 6?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

2. What is Zach's father's name?
(a) Don.
(b) Liam.
(c) Jack.
(d) Walter.

3. Where do Zach's maternal grandparents live?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Texas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Florida.

4. Where do Zach, Alice, and Poppy make camp for the night in Chapter 7?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a park.
(c) Behind the bus station.
(d) In a cemetery.

5. What kind of tree is Eleanor's grave supposed to be under, according to Poppy?
(a) A birch tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) An aster tree.
(d) A willow tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zach go after school in the end of Chapter 4?

2. In what state is East Liverpool located?

3. Where does Alice's note ask Zach to meet her and Poppy in Chapter 4?

4. How is the town that Zach, Alice, and Poppy described in Chapter 3?

5. What book did Poppy ask Zach if he had read when they first met?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is related in Alice’s note to Zach in Chapter 4? How does Zach respond?

2. How does Poppy justify going forward with the quest in Chapter 7?

3. What has happened to Zach’s action figures in Chapter 2?

4. What superstition does Poppy describe when the children pass the graveyard in Chapter 3?

5. How is Zach’s father’s history in the family described in Chapter 2? When did Zach’s father leave?

6. How does Zach react when Poppy brings up the game in Chapter 7?

7. How do Zach, Alice, and Poppy set up camp in Chapter 8? What is used for protection against the elements?

8. Why do you think Alice loses her resolve to go on the quest in Chapter 6?

9. Where do Zach, Alice, and Poppy get off the bus in Chapter 6? What do they do after departing the bus?

10. How would you describe the narrative perspective of Doll Bones?

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