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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 Phoney promise to bring the possum children after they tell him how far it is to town?

2. What does Thorn do to make her and Fone run faster?

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

4. Why does Phoney say his first idea wasn't silly in response to Smiley in Chapter five?

5. What does Gran'ma say she is missing in Chapter four?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the conversation that Thorn has with the rat creatures in chapter five?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Gran'ma ask Fone after Thorn has left to go put out the fire on the roof?

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

10. What does Gran'ma say they are going to do in chapter six after the dragon has gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare the personality of Gran'ma to that of the dragon. In what ways do they appear to be the same? In what ways do they seem to be different?

2) What is meant by the dragon's response to Fone "Never play an ace when a two will do" in Chapter two?

3) Why does Gran'ma always seem to have a smile on her face and her eyes closed? Would you have drawn her differently? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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