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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. Who is the author who wrote about Middle Earth and the forests of Ents that the narrator describes in Chapter 10?

2. What does Zach realize is missing in Chapter 14?

3. Who turns the boat back over after the children are dumped out in Chapter 11?

4. How does Poppy believe that Eleanor died after her dream in Chapter 9?

5. What does Alice threaten to tell Poppy about if Zach doesn't return with her to the bus station in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the librarian described in Chapter 14? What is her response when she discovers the children in the library?

2. What does Zach dream about in Chapter 13?

3. What secret of Alice’s is revealed by Poppy in Chapter 12? How does Zach respond?

4. How is the theme of hope illustrated in the ending of Doll Bones?

5. Where does the librarian hold Alice, Poppy, and Zach while calling their parents?

6. What causes the boat to capsize in Chapter 11? How is it righted?

7. How does Alice respond when she sees the campsite in Chapter 9?

8. What do Alice, Zach, and Poppy do at the library in Chapter 13?

9. How do Poppy, Alice, and Zach make their way to the cemetery in Chapter 16?

10. How has Poppy’s perception of the quest changed in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Zach, Alice, and Poppy make their way from East Rochester to East Liverpool? What impasse do they encounter and how is this obstacle overcome? Who leads the way on this segment of the journey?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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