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

2. Who does Roza think she sees in the kitchen in "The Lamb"?

3. What bothers Charlie the most, according to the narrator in "The Ballad of Charlie Valentine"?

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

5. Petey does not want people to know that she is what, according to the narrator in "The Whole Picture"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the chapter entitled "Questions," what did the hospital staff do to help Finn after his accident?

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

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

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

7. 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)?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is Petey Willis similar to a queen bee? (Use information that the book provides about bee colonies and queen bees to answer this question.)

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the corn in the novel?

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