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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 appears to be in the mirror's reflection in the House of Mirrors in "The Fields"?
(a) Finn.
(b) Miguel.
(c) Charlie Valentine.
(d) Roza.

2. Where does Sean take Finn in "Sidetracked"?
(a) Prison.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Home.
(d) A mental institution.

3. What bothers Charlie the most, according to the narrator in "The Ballad of Charlie Valentine"?
(a) That chickens live inside his house.
(b) That his great-grandchildren do not visit more often.
(c) That he can't protect the people and things he loves.
(d) That he has trouble hearing.

4. Who does Finn see in his dreams in "Questions"?
(a) Roza.
(b) Sean.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Didi.

5. Why did Finn really want to sit in the back of the diner with Petey, according to the narrator in "Sunrise"?
(a) He didn't want people talking about them.
(b) He didn't like seeing their food being prepared.
(c) He wanted to leave room for Jonas Apple to join them.
(d) He wanted to share personal information about his childhood with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the girls drinking in Roza's dream in "No One Is Fine"?

2. What attitude does Miguel seem to have toward ghosts?

3. Who is Finn's EMT in "Sidetracked"?

4. Roza wakes up in a room that is described how in "The Lamb"?

5. Finn's "hockey-puck roll" is an example of what literary device, in "Questions"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the chapter entitled "Sunrise," for what reason does Petey think that Finn and Sean's yard has been littered and vandalized with toilet paper?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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