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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 Roza tell her kidnapper about her nightmares in "No One Is Fine"?
(a) So he will give her more food.
(b) So he will feel sorry for her.
(c) So he will, possibly, tell her some of his nightmares as well.
(d) So he will try to comfort her and get close to her.

2. Why is a crowd of people from Bone Gap gathered around the O'Sullivan household in "Sunrise"?
(a) They are angry at Finn for how he used and dumped Petey.
(b) They are waiting for Finn (and hopefully Roza) to return.
(c) They want to know where Did is.
(d) They have nowhere to go now that the Chat 'n' Chew has closed.

3. Why does Finn run out of the diner in "Sidetracked"?
(a) To chase the horse.
(b) To chase Petey.
(c) To rush to a forgotten appointment.
(d) To get away from Jonas Apple.

4. By whom does Roza want her face fixed in "Sunrise"?
(a) By Sean.
(b) By Honorata.
(c) By Finn.
(d) By her grandmother.

5. When Finn tells Sean "fourteen" in "Sidetracked" what does it mean?
(a) It refers to the number of broken bones Finn has.
(b) It means there are fourteen days left of summer.
(c) It means that pain is severe.
(d) It means Finn wishes he was still that age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roza decorate Rus with in "The Dead"?

2. How does Sean react when Finn punches him in the face in "Punched"?

3. After going back to and leaving his house again, what does Finn trust to guide him in "The Fields"?

4. Who does Mel call after arriving at the O'Sullivan house in "The Whole Picture"?

5. What does the icy-eyed man collect, according to the narrator in "Slaughter"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "Blindside," how does Finn react to finding out he is probably face blind?

2. In the chapter entitled "Blindside," why is Petey so upset?

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

4. In the chapter entitled "The Ballad of Charlie Valentine," what effect does Charlie say that Roza had on the people of Bone Gap?

5. In the chapter entitled "Sunrise," what is Finn surprised that Roza knows about him?

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

7. 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?

8. In the chapter entitled "The Lamb," how does Roza end up in the O'Sullivan's barn?

9. In the chapter entitled "Punched," why might Finn not have told Sean about his facial blindness condition?

10. 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)?

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