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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 is Zachary's last name?

2. What does Poppy's mother dream of doing with the Queen one day?

3. Who did Zach have to apologize for punching in school the year before the narrative begins?

4. Where did Poppy first meet Alice?

5. How long ago does the narrator say Alice first brought her Lady Jaye doll into the game in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Zach discover when he awakens at the campsite in Chapter 8?

3. How does Poppy describe Eleanor Kerchner’s relationship to the Queen?

4. How is Tinshoe Jones described? What does Tinshoe tell Alice, Poppy, and Zach?

5. How did Zach, Alice, and Poppy first meet, according to the flashback in Chapter 8?

6. What is symbolized by the loss of Zach’s action figures?

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

8. What is Zach’s greatest conflict as he walks home from school in Chapter 3?

9. What are the “Questions” that Poppy passes to Zach at school in Chapter 2? How does he respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of magic and superstition in the novel. What are examples of symbolism and imagery used to support these themes? What do these concepts mean to Zach in the beginning of the story? What do they mean at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the home lives of Alice, Poppy, and Zach in the novel. How would you describe each character's relationship with his/her parents? Where do the children play their game most of the time? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Where do Alice, Poppy, and Zach depart the bus on their way to East Liverpool? Why? How far are they from their destination? How do they intend to reach their destination?

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