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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 given to the baby rat creature?

2. Who shows up right before Smiley and Fone are about to enter the cave?

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

4. What is Lucius accused of in Book 7, Chapter 4?

5. Who is the hooded figure trying to sacrifice in Book 6, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Thorn want to go to the Old Man's Cave?

2. What has happened to Lucius in Book 7?

3. What do the locusts do in Book 5?

4. What happens to Bartleby in Book 5?

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

6. What news does Ted bring to Gran'ma Ben in Book 8?

7. How does the group escape from Roque Ja in Chapter 3?

8. What information do the two rat creatures disclose to Fone and Smiley?

9. Why does Fone think Phoney is the way he is?

10. What does Lucius share about his past with the sisters, Briar and Rose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What type of role does conflict have in a work of literature? What are two examples of conflict in the Bone books and what is their role/outcome?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the literary devices of personification and anthropomorphism . Which literary technique (personification and anthropomorphism) is seen in the Bone series and how is it seen?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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