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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 items does Lindsey stroke when she enters Susie's room for the first time after her death?
(a) Her favorite stuffed animal.
(b) Her quilt.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Her trophies.

2. Who does not attend Susie's memorial service?
(a) Samuel Heckler.
(b) Ray Singh.
(c) Susie's father.
(d) Mr. Harvey.

3. What does Lindsey say in response to her principal's apology for her family's loss?
(a) "Thank you."
(b) "You will never know how it feels."
(c) "I wasn't aware I had lost anything."
(d) She doesn't say anything -- she just breaks down and cries.

4. What happens to Clarissa after Jack is attacked?
(a) She doesn't talk anymore.
(b) She becomes afraid of the dark.
(c) She breaks her ankle trying to run away.
(d) She is shaken but unhurt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Artie?

2. Which piece had Susie always used in the board game the family plays at Christmas?

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

4. What horrible act is described in Chapter 1?

5. What object does Mr. Harvey have that once belonged to a girl named Claire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Ray and Ruth decide Susie must be happier after her murder?

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

3. What does Susie's heaven have?

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

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

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

7. After Susie's murder, Lindsey has a rough time at school. What is it about school that makes her so angry?

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

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

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

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