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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. How does the kidnapper get Roza to come with her at the festival in "The Dead"?

2. When does Finn decide to go to Petey's in "Blindside"?

3. Why might Petey not tell her mother why she is upset in "Crows"?

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

5. What does Finn wager with the Scare Crow in "The Fields"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the chapter entitled "The Whole Picture," what has Petey discovered, she thinks, about Finn?

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

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

6. In the chapter entitled "The Ballad of Charlie Valentine," why does Charlie not want his great-grandchildren around?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sometimes people speak of bee colonies as having a "hive mind," which means that all the bees think alike and act together, instead of as individuals. How could you apply this analogy to the people of Bone Gap? How do the people of Bone Gap seem to act is if they have a "hive mind"?

Essay Topic 2

With which event in Bone Gap can you relate the most? How so?

Essay Topic 3

How did Sean seem to be affected by his father's death and his mother leaving? How did these events seem to affect Finn?

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