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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 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 appears as a ghost to comfort him.
(c) Nothing; she can only watch from heaven.
(d) She talks to him.

2. What secret item do Buckley and Nate find in Susie's room?
(a) A twig.
(b) A stolen necklace.
(c) A picture.
(d) A diary.

3. What backyard project does Jack help Mr. Harvey with after Mr. Harvey has disposed of Susie's body?
(a) Clearing out some old brush.
(b) Building a tent.
(c) Building a new secret room.
(d) Building a shed.

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

5. Who drove Buckley to the hospital while he was choking when he was younger?
(a) Lindsey.
(b) Susie.
(c) Mr. Harvey.
(d) Nate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Det. Fenerman find Mr. Harvey upon his first visit to his house?

2. Who does Ruth arrive at Susie's memorial with?

3. When Mr. Harvey and Jack first start talking after Susie's murder, what does Mr. Harvey say to Jack?

4. What is Mr. Harvey's relationship status?

5. When Buckley walks in on his mother in the bathroom, what is she eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. While visiting Jack in the hospital, what does Lindsey try to do to comfort him?

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

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

4. What is Susie referring to when she speaks of her "Evensong"?

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

6. How does Mr. Harvey react when Jack accuses him of being involved in his daughter's death?

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

8. What does Susie's heaven have?

9. What first makes Susie start to think that there might be other heavens other than just her own?

10. What does the reader learn about Susie from how easily she goes into Mr. Harvey's secret room?

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