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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 Smiley and Fone doing at the start of Book 5, Chapter 1?

2. What are Phoney and Fone doing in the marketplace at the start of Book 8, Chapter 4?

3. What is the secret cave mentioned in Book 5, Chapter 3 really?

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

5. What does Briar tell Fone he has in him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Taneal and what happens to her in Chapter 6?

2. What happens to Bartleby in Book 5?

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

4. What plan does Phoney have to get everyone into Atheia?

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

6. Who is Briar?

7. What sentences does Tarsil order in Chapter 5?

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

9. How does the group shake the rat creatures in Chapter 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Provide a brief description of the character of each of the Bone cousins. Explain their independent roles in their family as well as the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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