2. Who is the narrator of The Lovely Bones?
(a) Susie Salmon.
(b) Franny.
(c) Mr. Harvey.
(d) No one -- this book has a general narrator.

3. What item does Mr. Harvey have a lot of in his house?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Robots.
(c) Carpets.
(d) Clocks.

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

5. What secret item do Buckley and Nate find in Susie's room?
(a) A stolen necklace.
(b) A diary.
(c) A twig.
(d) A picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What horrible act is described in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Ruth Connors?

3. What gift did Susie receive for Christmas when she was eleven?

4. Who informs Susie's family that part of her body has been found?

5. What gift does Samuel Heckler give Lindsey on the first Christmas after Susie's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tone does the first conversations between Susie and Franny have?

2. After Susie is murdered, what does Jack want desperately from his dead daughter?

3. How does Susie respond to Buckley's claim that he can see her ghost?

4. After she tells of her own murder, what embarrassing story about Lindsey does Susie recall?

5. When Samuel Heckler first meets the Salmon family, what does the reader learn about him?

6. While visiting Jack in the hospital, what does Lindsey try to do to comfort him?

7. What evidence does Jack give Detective Fenerman when he first calls to report Mr. Harvey as a suspect?

8. Why does Grandma Lynn at first avoid Lindsey's questions about who her father suspects was involved in Susie's murder?

9. What does Susie's heaven have?

10. When was the last time Mr. Harvey saw his mother?

(see the answer keys)

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