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

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

3. What does Petey tell Finn that he is afflicted with in "Blindside"?

4. What kinds of gaps does Charlie tell Finn that Bone Gap has in "The Ballad of Charlie Valentine"?

5. When Finn tells Sean "fourteen" in "Sidetracked" what does it mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 "The Ballad of Charlie Valentine," why does Charlie not want his great-grandchildren around?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of relationship do Sean and Finn have? How would you describe their relationship? Does it change throughout the novel? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Finn's life will be like when he is 30? What kind of work will he do? Describe what his relationships might be like at that point.

Essay Topic 3

What is the effect of chapters in Bone Gap being written in the third-person perspective of different characters in the novel? How does this influence our understanding of the story?

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