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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 do Smiley and Fone see in the distance right before they reach the cave?

2. What bad decision did Lucius make in his past?

3. Why does the Locust King resurrect Briar?

4. What does Phoney use to sneak everyone into the city in Book 8, Chapter 1?

5. How is Briar destroyed in Book 6, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Fone and Smiley rescued in Book 5, Chapter 2?

2. What does the group see when they emerge from the secret cave in Book 7, Chapter 1?

3. What interaction does Ted have with the Bones in the prologue of Book 6?

4. What do the locusts do in Book 5?

5. Describe Tarsil.

6. What happens to Bartleby in Book 5?

7. Who is Briar?

8. Describe Roque Ja.

9. What happens to Thorn when they are visiting Gran'ma's old teacher?

10. What happens when Thorn and Fone enter the ghost circle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain what characterization is and how it is used in the Bone book series. Provide examples from the story. Do you think that the author's use of characterization was successful?

Essay Topic 2

Define imagery and descriptive language. How is imagery and/or descriptive language used in the Bone books? How effective was the author's use of imagery/descriptive language?

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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