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

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

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

4. When Mr. Harvey dreams of exotic buildings, what country are they located in?
(a) America.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Norway.
(d) England.

5. Who is Franny?
(a) Susie's sister.
(b) Susie's counselor in heaven.
(c) Susie's mother.
(d) Susie's imaginary friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack's dog react to Mr. Harvey's house?

2. What is the usual final project for the symposium students?

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

4. How does Susie respond, in heaven, to Jack's suspicions about Mr. Harvey at first?

5. Where do Ruth and Ray spend a lot of time talking about Susie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jack's breaking of the ships in the bottle symbolize?

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

6. Why does Nate have such a hard time believing Buckley when he says he sees his sister's ghost?

7. What advice did Mr. Harvey's father give to him about how to construct buildings?

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

9. How do the police respond to Jack's constant phone calls about Mr. Harvey?

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

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