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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 are the rat creatures ordered to do in Book 1, Chapter 4?

2. What does Smiley always carry with him?

3. Who is against the villagers handing their food over to Phoney?

4. Where do ghost circles lead to?

5. What does Phoney have on his shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the rat creatures participate in the cow races in Book 2?

2. Please describe the three Bone cousins.

3. What happened to Thorn's parents according to Gran'ma Ben?

4. Why was Phoney forced out of Boneville?

5. What scheme does Phoney come up with in Book 4, Chapter 6?

6. What is Thorn's recurring dream?

7. What do Thorn and Fone end up discussing in Book 3, Chapter 3?

8. What dreams occur in Book 3?

9. What happens to Fone right after he gets separated from his cousins in Book 1?

10. What does Gran'ma say about dragons in Book 3, Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A clear plot twist can be seen in Book Six: Old Man's Cave. What is a plot twist and what plot twist can be seen in Book Six of the Bone series?

Essay Topic 2

Please describe the connection/relationship between Thorn, Briar, and Gran'ma Ben. How are these characters interconnected and what effect does their connection have on the series as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is used in the Bone books. Please provide an example of the use of foreshadowing in the novel. What information was the foreshadowing trying to make the reader aware of? Do you think that this foreshadowing was well-written by the author? Why or why not?

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