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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. Which character tries to get Lindsey to talk about her emotions right after Susie dies?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Mr. Harvey.
(c) Jack.
(d) Buckley.

2. What horrible act is described in Chapter 1?
(a) The reader never finds out what actually happens, but knows it was very bad.
(b) Mr. Harvey robs the Salmon family.
(c) Susie is raped and murdered.
(d) Lindsey is raped and murdered.

3. How does Nate respond to Buckley's comments about seeing his sister's ghost?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) He asks a lot of questions.
(c) He gets scared.
(d) He does not believe him.

4. What type of narration does The Lovely Bones display?
(a) Second person.
(b) None of these answers are correct.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

5. Which character informs the reader that Susie is not the first girl Mr. Harvey has killed?
(a) Susie herself.
(b) Holly.
(c) Franny.
(d) Lindsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susie respond, in heaven, to Jack's suspicions about Mr. Harvey at first?

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

3. What does Mr. Harvey look at when he cannot sleep?

4. What do the teachers change the final symposium project to the year Lindsey is in attendance?

5. What does Det. Fenerman believe Mr. Harvey's late wife was called?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the first picture Susie takes of her mother so memorable to Susie?

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

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

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

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

6. How do Buckley's family members respond when he mentions that he sees Susie all the time after her death?

7. How do the police respond to Jack's constant phone calls about Mr. Harvey?

8. What surprising advice does Ruana give Jack about what to do about his suspicions of Mr. Harvey?

9. Who is Claire?

10. What does Susie's heaven have?

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