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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Finn want coffee in "Sidetracked"?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He wants to try a new brand of coffee that the Chat 'n' Chew is advertising.
(c) He has a sore throat.
(d) He drinks coffee at least 5 times a day.

2. What other language besides English does the professor speak?
(a) Mandarin Chinese.
(b) Polish.
(c) Tagalog.
(d) Spanish.

3. How long does Finn have to stay in the hospital for observation in "Questions"?
(a) Overnight.
(b) A month.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. After going back to and leaving his house again, what does Finn trust to guide him in "The Fields"?
(a) Petey's dog.
(b) Calamity Jane.
(c) The corn.
(d) Night.

5. What does Roza wish she had told Sean in "Slaughter"?
(a) That she despises him.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she blames him for not coming to find her.
(d) That she was married and divorced in Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Finn as he is lying on the ground in "Sidetracked"?

2. What does Roza inform Sean about in "Sunrise"?

3. What does the kidnapper do that is a bit unusual for him in "The Lamb"?

4. Why did Petey think Finn had wanted to sit in the back of the diner with her, according to the narrator in "Sunrise"?

5. When does Finn decide to go to Petey's in "Blindside"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "The Fields," why might Finn hear all the negative voices in his head?

2. In the chapter entitled "The Lamb," how is the corn personified?

3. In the chapter entitled "Crows," why does Sean jog into the house?

4. In the chapter entitled "The Ballad of Charlie Valentine," why does Charlie not want his great-grandchildren around?

5. In the chapter entitled "The Fields," what events and elements seem as if they might be fantasy and not real (which is characteristic of magical realism, the genre of this novel)?

6. In the chapter entitled "The Lamb," what character traits does Roza exemplify?

7. In the chapter entitled "No One Is Fine," what message might Roza have gotten out of her dream?

8. In the chapter entitled "The Whole Picture," how does Petey justify to herself that she snoops around Finn's room?

9. In the chapter entitled "Sunrise," for what reason does Petey think that Finn and Sean's yard has been littered and vandalized with toilet paper?

10. In the chapter entitled "Questions," what did the hospital staff do to help Finn after his accident?

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