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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 direction does "starboard" refer to on a boat?

2. Where do Alice, Zach, and Poppy go to eat breakfast in Chapter 9?

3. What is the name of the librarian who discovers Alice, Zach, and Poppy in the library in Chapter 14?

4. Where is the office in the library that the librarian takes the children to in order to call their parents?

5. What does Alice discover in Zach's backpack in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict emerges between Poppy, Zach, and Alice in Chapter 10? What threats are made?

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

3. How does Zach compare adventures in books to reality in Chapter 10?

4. What is Alice’s response when she learns of Zach’s dream in Chapter 12?

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

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

7. What does Zach dream about in Chapter 13?

8. Why does Zach feel responsible for the troubles that he, Alice, and Poppy are facing in Chapter 12?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Alice, Poppy, and Zach become trapped in the library? What are the repercussions of their entrapment? How do they escape?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What has led Poppy to believe that the Queen is haunted? How do Alice and Zach respond to Poppy's assertions? What proof does Poppy offer?

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