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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 the name of the black cat that Zach's family owns?

2. Who tells Zach about seeing a deer while riding his dirt bike on the way to school in Chapter 2?

3. Where does Zach keep his action figures?

4. Who is the younger of Poppy's two brothers that teases Zach in Chapter 1?

5. How long is the bus ride from Zach's town to East Liverpool?

Short Essay Questions

1. What supplies does Zach gather to take on his journey in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Zach’s father say to him at dinner in Chapter 4? How does Zach respond?

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

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

9. How is the character of Leo described? How do Zach, Alice, and Poppy know Leo?

10. What does Zach dream about in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why do Alice, Poppy, and Zach decide to go to East Liverpool in the middle of the night? What leads each character to this decision? What reservations does each character face as they depart?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of family, love, and friendship in Doll Bones. How does each main character come to a different understanding of these concepts in the course of the story? How have Alice, Poppy, and Zach's friendships changed?

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