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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 does Fone say about Moby Dick?

2. Who appears and offers to help Phoney in chapter three?

3. What is on Gran'ma's cow when she arrives home?

4. What is Fone doing in the beginning of chapter two?

5. What does Fone tell Ted that Ted looks like when they first meet in Chapter one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fone do to get the children away from the rat creatures?

2. In chapter one what is said about why the Bones left Boneville?

3. Describe the scene in chapter three when Gran'ma Ben arrives home.

4. What is Phoney doing when he is first shown in chapter three?

5. What happens when Fone meets Thorn?

6. What happens when Phoney finds the dragon?

7. What do Fone and Thorn discuss about the dragon in chapter three?

8. What is Fone talking about while trying to get out of the gorge in chapter one?

9. Explain what happens when Fone first takes the children home in chapter two.

10. What happens as the Bones become separated in chapter one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe Gran'ma's personality.

2) What is Gran'ma's role in the story?

3) Does it change your view of Gran'ma that she knew the dragon? What reasons could she have for not telling Thorn or Fone about the dragon even after they knew that she knew the dragon?

Essay Topic 2

1) The Bone characters are white with very little distinguishing them from each other. What is the significance of Smiley's cigars and top hat and Phoney's shirt?

2) What other means could the author have used to differentiate between the characters?

3) What method does the author use to express character feelings in the story? How does this differ from other forms of literature?

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe what you know of the hooded figure.

2) Why is the hooded one's identity kept hidden?

3) What role do you believe that the hooded one plays in the other books in the series?

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