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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 Gran'ma ask Thorn to bring her in chapter five from the fireplace?

2. What does the dragon tell Thorn in chapter six when Thorn first begins to run to the house?

3. Who does Smiley say is the odds-on favorite for winning the cow race?

4. What kind of food did Phoney have served at the campaign event?

5. What did Phoney have made and then tied it to a statue during his campaign event?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dream that Thorn has in chapter four.

2. In chapter four who does Phoney first meet on the way to town?

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

4. What happens when the bartender comes over to demand payment from Phoney?

5. What does Gran'ma explain is happening to her in chapter four when she and Fone are talking about her missing bloomers?

6. What happens in chapter six when the hooded one appears?

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

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

9. In chapter four what does Fone say that Phoney had done that got them kicked out of Boneville?

10. Describe what happens in the beginning of chapter five when the rat creatures first begin to attack.

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

1) Explain the relationship that Thorn and Fone have. What is the significance of this relationship?

2) Is there any indication that Thorn might feel as strongly about Fone as he feels about her?

3) How do you believe their relationship will end?

Essay Topic 3

1) What would you say that the dragon symbolizes in the story? Explain.

2) Why is Thorn so reluctant to believe there is a dragon?

3) Why does the dragon fail to show himself to Thorn earlier in the story?

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