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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Buckley asks Nate if he sees his dead sister, what does Nate say?
(a) Only at his own house.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only at night.

2. What team does Principal Caden want Lindsey to play on?
(a) A volleyball team.
(b) A soccer team.
(c) A softball team.
(d) A basketball team.

3. Who is Grandma Lynn?
(a) Mr. Harvey's grandmother.
(b) Susie's grandmother.
(c) A nosy neighbor.
(d) Susie's teacher.

4. What does Mr. Harvey look at when he cannot sleep?
(a) His father's sketchbooks.
(b) His mother's jewelry.
(c) The fire in the fireplace.
(d) His comic books.

5. How does Lindsey respond to the picture she finds in Susie's room after entering it for the first time after her death?
(a) She tears it up.
(b) She immediately shows it to her father.
(c) She is just as taken aback as Susie was with the picture.
(d) She faints.

6. What is the name of the symposium Lindsey attends with her classmates?
(a) The Pennsylvania Gifted Symposium.
(b) Making Science Fun! Symposium.
(c) Symposium for Gifted Children.
(d) Pennsylvania Gifted Children's Camp.

7. Who is Artie?
(a) The teacher of Lindsey's symposium class.
(b) The soccer coach at the symposium.
(c) A boy from Lindsey's grade at the symposium.
(d) A boy from Susie's grade at the symposium.

8. How does Det. Fenerman respond to Jack's first phone call about Mr. Harvey being involved in the death of his daughter?
(a) He listens politely but is too lazy to do anything about it.
(b) He has been thinking the same thing.
(c) He is doubtful, but thinks it can't hurt to pursue.
(d) He thinks Jack is going insane.

9. What item does Mr. Harvey use for the backyard project Jack is helping him with?
(a) A new handsaw.
(b) An axe that looks like it has blood on it.
(c) A new tractor that can dig very deep.
(d) White cotton sheets.

10. Where do Ruth and Ray spend a lot of time talking about Susie?
(a) At Ray's house.
(b) In the cornfields where she was killed.
(c) At Ruth's house.
(d) In the auditorium.

11. What book do the police find in the field where Susie was killed?
(a) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(b) A coloring book.
(c) A spelling book.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

12. What does Susie do when she sees her father break down in her room for the first time since her death?
(a) She appears as a ghost to comfort him.
(b) She goes and cries to Franny.
(c) Nothing; she can only watch from heaven.
(d) She talks to him.

13. How does Jack's dog react to Mr. Harvey's house?
(a) He is oblivious.
(b) He cowers.
(c) He breaks his leash and tries to attack Mr. Harvey.
(d) He howls at the house.

14. How often does Jack walk by Mr. Harvey's house?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Several times a day.
(c) Monthly.
(d) Daily.

15. What is the usual final project for the symposium students?
(a) How to plan a perfect murder.
(b) How to build a better egg crate.
(c) How to build a bridge out of toothpicks.
(d) How to build a better mousetrap.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Buckley walks in on his mother in the bathroom, what is she eating?

2. When Mr. Harvey and Jack first start talking after Susie's murder, what does Mr. Harvey say to Jack?

3. Who is Ruth Connors?

4. Who teaches Lindsey to put on make-up?

5. How old is Buckley when Susie dies?

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