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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Mr. Harvey have that once belonged to a girl named Claire?
(a) The corner of a picture.
(b) The head of a doll.
(c) The strap of a purse.
(d) The heel of a shoe.

2. While in the hospital, what does Abigail want Fenerman to admit?
(a) That he killed his wife.
(b) That Susie was murdered.
(c) That the police are clueless about what happened to Susie.
(d) That he has feelings for her.

3. What piece of Susie's clothing is also found by police?
(a) Her favorite sweater.
(b) One of her shoes.
(c) Her socks.
(d) Her wool hat.

4. What do the teachers change the final symposium project to the year Lindsey is in attendance?
(a) How to plan a perfect murder.
(b) How to build a bridge out of toothpicks.
(c) How to build a better egg crate.
(d) How to build a better mousetrap.

5. Why does Mr. Harvey not want Jack's help with his backyard project?
(a) He feels too guilty.
(b) He likes to do things himself.
(c) He thinks the neighbors will think that they are friends.
(d) Jack is not very handy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does The Lovely Bones take place?

2. What is Mr. Harvey's favorite dream to have?

3. What does Ruth Connors steal out of Clarissa's locker?

4. What body part of Susie does a dog find?

5. Who drove Buckley to the hospital while he was choking when he was younger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jack become suspicious of Mr. Harvey's involvement in Susie's death?

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

4. When Lindsey and Ruth are up late talking about Susie at the symposium, what does Lindsey say her bad dreams are about?

5. How does Mr. Harvey dispose of Susie's body?

6. What does Susie's heaven have?

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

8. What does Jack's breaking of the ships in the bottle symbolize?

9. Who is Claire?

10. How does Mr. Harvey ultimately kill Susie?

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