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

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

3. How does the kidnapper surprise Roza in "The Lamb"?

4. Why does Finn want coffee in "Sidetracked"?

5. What has Sean figured out in "Crows"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the chapter entitled "Sidetracked," how did Finn get hurt?

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

4. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With which event in Bone Gap can you relate the most? How so?

Essay Topic 2

How do the people of Bone Gap, Illinois, change, as a group, from the beginning to the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

In which ways does Finn appear to develop as a person and change from the beginning of the novel until its end? Which single event seemed to change Finn the most? Why?

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