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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 THorn say she and Fone need to do after Fone is awake in Chapter three?

2. How does Fone track the possum children when they leave his house?

3. What does Gran'ma say about Fone and Phoney staying?

4. What happens that lets Thorn know Gran'ma Ben is home?

5. What does Fone do believing the rat creatures would have to be stupid to do while following him in Chapter two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in chapter three where Thorn and Fone go through Fone's knapsack.

2. What do the possum children say to Fone when they first encounter each other in chapter two?

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

4. What happens when Fone meets Thorn?

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

6. Describe the scene where Fone and the other animals meet back up after the incident with the rat creatures.

7. What do the two creatures discuss when they find Fone sleeping in chapter one?

8. What does Gran'ma say about Phoney and Fone in the end of chapter three?

9. Describe the scene in chapter three when Thorn wakes Fone up.

10. Compare the behavior between the Bones in chapter one when they are first introduced.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Do you believe that the dragon was awakened by Fone or that the dragon already knew about Fone?

2) How do you think the hooded one knows about Phoney? Why do you think the hooded one wants Phoney's soul?

3) Why does the dragon seem to keep to close to Fone despite the fact that Phoney is the one that the hooded one wants?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the Bone characters.

1) Describe Fone Bone. What is his personality?

2) Describe Phoney Bone. What is his personality?

3) How would you describe the relationship between these two characters?

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the two rat creatures' personalities that follow Fone around.

2) Does it seem that these two are the norm for the rat creatures?

3) What does it imply to the reader to watch these two creatures interact throughout the book?

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