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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 does Petey get angry in "Sidetracked"?

2. What does Petey have to take to the cafe in "Crows"?

3. Why is a crowd of people from Bone Gap gathered around the O'Sullivan household in "Sunrise"?

4. What does the kidnapper do that is a bit unusual for him in "The Lamb"?

5. Who does Finn see in his dreams in "Questions"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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)?

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

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

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

Who or what is the antagonist in Bone Gap? How can this be determined?

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