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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. Who does Mel call after arriving at the O'Sullivan house in "The Whole Picture"?
(a) An orthodontist.
(b) Didi.
(c) The police.
(d) Dr. Reed.

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

3. When Roza talks to him in the kitchen, Miguel appears to be what, in "The Lamb"?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sleepwalking.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Drunk.

4. Jonas says that Finn is a "few Fruit Loops short of a full bowl" in the chapter "Crows." What is that an example of?
(a) Simile.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. Who tells Petey that the fries are "real crispy today" in "Crows"?
(a) Darla.
(b) Mel.
(c) Derek Rude.
(d) Jonas Apple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common name for Finn's condition?

2. What is Derek Finn talking about when he says it's "not cool" in "Crows"?

3. What had been a clue that Sean liked Roza, according to the narrator in "The Dead"?

4. Why do Mel and Petey go to the O'Sullivan house in "The Whole Picture"?

5. Why had Petey read a book called The Wife Store repeatedly according to the narrator in "The Whole Picture"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. In the chapter entitled "Slaughter," what does the icy-eyed man tell Finn after he finds Roza?

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

5. In the chapter entitled "Sidetracked," why had Roza said that Petey was "fierce like queen"?

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

7. In the chapter entitled "Sidetracked," what are some general character traits that the people of Bone Gap, Illinois, seem to have as a whole?

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

9. In the chapter entitled "Slaughter," why does Roza slice her face?

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

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