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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the character Joe Ellis usually blamed for?
(a) The deaths of neighborhood animals.
(b) Litter in the cornfields.
(c) Leaving nails in the road to flatten drivers' tires.
(d) Stealing the neighbor's crops.

2. When Buckley walks in on his mother in the bathroom, what is she eating?
(a) Pie.
(b) Cake.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Fresh berries from their backyard.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How old is Susie?
(a) Three.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seven.

9. When Mr. Harvey and Jack first start talking after Susie's murder, what does Mr. Harvey say to Jack?
(a) He asks if Jack and his family are going to move.
(b) He asks if there is any progress on the investigation.
(c) He apologizes for the loss of Susie.
(d) He never brings it up.

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

11. Who informs Susie's family that part of her body has been found?
(a) Mr. Harvey.
(b) A nosy neighbor.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) Detective Fenerman.

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

13. What kinds of people does Mr. Harvey dream about?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Police and firefighters.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Doctors.

14. 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 immediately shows it to her father.
(b) She faints.
(c) She tears it up.
(d) She is just as taken aback as Susie was with the picture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Susie was still alive, why is Ruth Connors reprimanded for her drawings in art class?

2. What secret item do Buckley and Nate find in Susie's room?

3. What kinds of stories does Susie's father like to tell about his children?

4. What item does Mr. Harvey have a lot of in his house?

5. Who is Franny?

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