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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens that lets Thorn know Gran'ma Ben is home?
(a) The house begins to shake.
(b) She gets a tickle on the back of her neck.
(c) There is a ruckus from the farm animals.
(d) She can hear Gran'ma singing.

2. What reason does Phoney give in chapter one when he says "They can't do this to me?"
(a) He didn't do anything wrong.
(b) He owns the town.
(c) Because he is rich.
(d) His father is the Mayor.

3. What happens to Fone while running in Chapter one as he and the others get separated?
(a) Fone trips and falls into a hole.
(b) Fone finds an old house to hide in.
(c) Fone is forced to hide in a cave.
(d) Fone falls off a cliff.

4. What does Phoney ask Fone about Thorn?
(a) If she is single.
(b) If she likes shorter men.
(c) If Fone and Thorn have a thing going on.
(d) Why she is putting up with Fone.

5. How does Fone track the possum children when they leave his house?
(a) They stay on the path.
(b) Footprints in the snow.
(c) Their giggling.
(d) A trail of pebbles.

6. What does Fone tell the possum children when they ask if he was scared of the encounter with the rat creatures in Chapter two?
(a) As long as you guys were safe, that was all that mattered.
(b) Of course not.
(c) I was too busy running to be scared.
(d) Of course I was.

7. Where does Ted say they will stop to get Fone a drink?
(a) Th' Barrelhaven.
(b) A local farmhouse.
(c) The river.
(d) The waterfall.

8. What does THorn do when Fone begins to tell her about Moby Dick?
(a) Starts to giggle.
(b) Tells him it sounds like a torture device.
(c) Drool on herself while looking glass eyed.
(d) Pretends to be asleep.

9. What does THorn say she and Fone need to do after Fone is awake in Chapter three?
(a) Gather eggs.
(b) Go mend a fence.
(c) Clean up the place.
(d) Go milk the cows.

10. What does Fone say about Moby Dick?
(a) He found it.
(b) It is his favorite book.
(c) He has never understood it.
(d) It was what Smiley used to reach things high up on shelves.

11. What does Fone tell Thorn about the dragon?
(a) Fone is not sure the dragon isn't a figment of his imagination.
(b) Fone thinks the dragon knows the way home.
(c) Fone thinks the dragon is hiding something.
(d) Fone thinks the dragon is following him.

12. What do the two creatures look for on Fone when they find him sleeping in Chapter one?
(a) A star on his chest.
(b) A scar on his forehead.
(c) A necklace with a strange symbol on it.
(d) A hat.

13. What does Fone do believing the rat creatures would have to be stupid to do while following him in Chapter two?
(a) Jumps into a freezing lake.
(b) Climbs a tree with a hornet's nest in it.
(c) Goes into a bears cave.
(d) Jumps out onto a small branch.

14. What does the dragon tell Fone in chapter three when he pokes his head out of the well?
(a) He says Thorn is a pretty girl.
(b) He asks Fone for another light.
(c) He asks Fone how he slept.
(d) He wants Thorn to think Fone is crazy.

15. What does Phoney say to Ted when they meet?
(a) Take me to your leader.
(b) Do you have a brain?
(c) You look like a leaf.
(d) You can be my servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ted warn Phoney about?

2. Who does Ted say he will take Fone to?

3. What landmark does Fone first say that he cannot find on the map he has?

4. Who stops the two creatures from eating Fone in Chapter one?

5. What does Fone offer to do for the children when they first get back to Fone's home in Chapter two?

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