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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which piece had Susie always used in the board game the family plays at Christmas?
(a) The shoe.
(b) The red pieces.
(c) The hat.
(d) She never really had a preference.

2. What is Mr. Harvey's demeanor as he cleans himself up after the murder?
(a) Festive.
(b) Frenzied.
(c) Calm.
(d) Crazy.

3. How much can Susie communicate with her family back on Earth after she is murdered?
(a) She can only communicate with her brother.
(b) She can only appear in their dreams.
(c) Only once a day.
(d) Not at all.

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

5. How much does Mr. Harvey have to pay the property owner for using his sinkhole?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars and a case of beer.
(d) Five dollars.

6. How does Det. Fenerman find Mr. Harvey upon his first visit to his house?
(a) Very lonely and living in filth.
(b) Strange and sincere, but not suspicious.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Very suspicious and probably a murderer.

7. What is Mr. Harvey's favorite dream to have?
(a) The one about seeing his father for the last time.
(b) The one about Susie dying.
(c) The one about the Church of Transfiguration.
(d) The one about seeing his mother for the last time.

8. What is the usual final project for the symposium students?
(a) How to build a bridge out of toothpicks.
(b) How to build a better mousetrap.
(c) How to build a better egg crate.
(d) How to plan a perfect murder.

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

10. How do the neighbors feel about Mr. Harvey?
(a) That he is a fantastic handyman.
(b) That he is fun to have at parties.
(c) That he is shy but really very nice.
(d) That he is a bit strange and suspicious.

11. What is on Susie's charm bracelet?
(a) An engraved Pennsylvania keystone charm.
(b) A silver house.
(c) A charm for each of her birthdays.
(d) A silver key.

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

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

14. What is the name of the symposium Lindsey attends with her classmates?
(a) Symposium for Gifted Children.
(b) Making Science Fun! Symposium.
(c) The Pennsylvania Gifted Symposium.
(d) Pennsylvania Gifted Children's Camp.

15. Who is Nate?
(a) Buckley's imaginary friend.
(b) Buckley's cousin.
(c) Buckley's friend.
(d) Buckley's stepbrother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Det. Fenerman respond to Jack's first phone call about Mr. Harvey being involved in the death of his daughter?

2. What type of narration does The Lovely Bones display?

3. How difficult was it for Mr. Harvey to lure Susie to his secret room?

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

5. How does Ruth Connors describe Susie's ghost?

(see the answer keys)

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