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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 find when she returns to her Gran'ma's home in the end of Chapter five?

2. What does Phoney say Fone doesn't understand while they are talking in Chapter four?

3. What does Gran'ma tell Thorn in Chapter five when Thorn asks where the rat creatures are as she first enters the room?

4. What does Fone say about the spring fair in Chapter four?

5. What does Lucius have for Gran'ma that he says he has been saving all day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in chapter five when Fone begins smelling brimstone?

2. Describe the last scenes of the book where the Bones are all finally reunited.

3. Describe the conversation that happens between Kingdok and the two rat creatures that continually follow Fone.

4. What does Phoney say when Smiley reminds him that he won't be getting money but goods and services?

5. What does Phoney do in chapter four after promising Fone that he would behave until they leave for town?

6. Describe the events that got Phoney kicked out of town.

7. What does the dragon say to the rat creatures when he shows up in chapter five?

8. Describe what happens in chapter five after the last of the rat creatures have been scared away from Thorn and Fone by the dragon?

9. Describe the scene in chapter six when Thorn first arrives back home.

10. What happens as Fone and Thorn begin running through the forest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Speculate on the significance of the map that Smiley found in Chapter one.

2) What do think could be the possible reasons that Thorn feels that the map is familiar in some way?

3) If the map could represent something more in the story what would it be?

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the role that family ties have in this story.

2) Compare the family bonds that are seen, Thorn and her Gran'ma, the Bones, and Ted and his brother. Do any of these contradict the role of family? Explain.

3) Do you believe that Phoney, Fone, and Smiley all feel the same way about family? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

1) Why does Fone continually help Phoney even though he knows that Phoney will most likely get him into trouble?

2) How does Smiley's reasons for helping Phoney compare to Fone's reasons?

3) What does it indicate that Smiley was worried about Fone because Fone is small?

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