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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hobby of Jack's does Susie also take an interest in?
(a) Writing and performing music.
(b) Woodworking.
(c) Making ships in a bottle.
(d) Writing novels.

2. Who is Ruth Connors?
(a) A newspaper reporter.
(b) Mr. Harvey's next victim.
(c) Susie's cousin.
(d) A classmate of Susie's.

3. How does Susie respond, in heaven, to Jack's suspicions about Mr. Harvey at first?
(a) She never finds out about his suspicions.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is worried about her father's mental health.
(d) She is filled with a desire for revenge.

4. Where does The Lovely Bones take place?
(a) A suburban area.
(b) On a ship.
(c) A major urban area.
(d) It is never clear.

5. What is Mr. Harvey's relationship status?
(a) He is single.
(b) He is dating two women at the same time.
(c) He is in the process of getting a divorce.
(d) He is married.

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

7. Which two characters kiss each other while visiting Jack in the hospital?
(a) Lindsey and Fenerman.
(b) Abigail and Hal.
(c) Lindsey and Hal.
(d) Abigail and Fenerman.

8. Where do Ruth and Ray spend a lot of time talking about Susie?
(a) In the cornfields where she was killed.
(b) At Ruth's house.
(c) At Ray's house.
(d) In the auditorium.

9. Why is Ruth's mother pleased to find her daughter smoking in the shed?
(a) Because she thinks this means Ruth has made friends.
(b) Her mother is not at all pleased to find her daughter smoking in the shed.
(c) Because she is a big fan of marijuana.
(d) Because at least she stopped smoking in her bedroom.

10. What book do the police find in the field where Susie was killed?
(a) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(b) A coloring book.
(c) A spelling book.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

11. What kinds of stories does Susie's father like to tell about his children?
(a) Imaginary ones.
(b) Embarrassing ones.
(c) Ones that involve the church.
(d) He actually doesn't like to talk about his kids.

12. What piece of Mr. Harvey's mother's jewelry fascinates him?
(a) Her emerald bracelet.
(b) Her amber necklace.
(c) Her pearl brooch.
(d) Her diamond earrings.

13. Who comforts Jack when he is found sobbing in Susie's room after his emotions bubble to the surface for the first time after Susie's death?
(a) Lindsey.
(b) Buckley.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Mr. Harvey.

14. What comfort did Susie offer Ruth after she is reprimanded in art class?
(a) That Susie's poetry was probably good enough to be published.
(b) That the cartoons looked better than the models anyway.
(c) That the teachers were bad teachers who didn't know what they were talking about.
(d) That she thought the drawings were really good.

15. 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 a bit strange and suspicious.
(d) That he is shy but really very nice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What team does Principal Caden want Lindsey to play on?

3. What takes Jack aback the first time he sees Ruana?

4. What is the character Joe Ellis usually blamed for?

5. What picture does Lindsey find in Susie's room when she enters it for the first time after her death?

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