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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. Why is the blanket important to Petey, according to the narrator in "Crows"?

2. What is one way in which Finn recognizes Miguel in the picture Petey shows him in "Blindside"?

3. What does Petey have to take to the cafe in "Crows"?

4. Why does Roza tell her kidnapper about her nightmares in "No One Is Fine"?

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 "Sidetracked," how did Finn feel when he was waiting at the Chat 'n' Chew for Petey?

2. In the chapter entitled "Crows," what do the people at the cafe seem to think about Finn?

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

4. In the chapter entitled "The Dead," what do the Fields seem to be?

5. In the chapter entitled "The Whole Picture," what has Petey discovered, she thinks, about Finn?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bone Gap has many interesting and thought-provoking scenes. Which scene or event in the novel makes you think deeply or changes your perspective on something? Which scene is it? How does it affect you?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the corn in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Finn's life will be like when he is 30? What kind of work will he do? Describe what his relationships might be like at that point.

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