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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. How does Finn escape his despair in "Blindside"?

2. When Roza talks to him in the kitchen, Miguel appears to be what, in "The Lamb"?

3. Roza knows that Finn likes whom, according to the narrator in "Sidetracked"?

4. How does Sean act toward Roza after he and Finn find her in the barn in "The Lamb"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "The Dead," what character traits does the kidnapper display?

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

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

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

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

6. In the chapter entitled "No One Is Fine," why had her botany professor offered her a ride?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of relationship do Sean and Finn have? How would you describe their relationship? Does it change throughout the novel? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the Scare Crow kidnap Roza? Why does he keep her in captivity? What leads to her escape?

Essay Topic 3

How did Sean seem to be affected by his father's death and his mother leaving? How did these events seem to affect Finn?

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