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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. What are the girls drinking in Roza's dream in "No One Is Fine"?
(a) Water.
(b) Honey.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Coffee.

2. Who finds Roza as she is hanging by an unknown force in "Slaughter"?
(a) The visiting professor.
(b) Miguel.
(c) Finn.
(d) The Scare Crow.

3. Where is the first place in "The Fields" that Finn stops for a while on his way to try to find Roza?
(a) The barn.
(b) The graveyard.
(c) Jonas Apple's house.
(d) The Chat 'n Chew.

4. Who does Roza think she sees in the kitchen in "The Lamb"?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

5. Why does Finn run out of the diner in "Sidetracked"?
(a) To get away from Jonas Apple.
(b) To rush to a forgotten appointment.
(c) To chase Petey.
(d) To chase the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what helps to deliver Roza, Rus, and Finn from one world to the next in "Slaughter"?

2. Who tells Petey that the fries are "real crispy today" in "Crows"?

3. What does the icy-eyed man collect, according to the narrator in "Slaughter"?

4. How does Sean react when Finn punches him in the face in "Punched"?

5. What does Charlie call the man who kidnapped Roza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the chapter entitled "The Lamb," what character traits does Roza exemplify?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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)?

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