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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 team does Principal Caden want Lindsey to play on?
(a) A softball team.
(b) A volleyball team.
(c) A basketball team.
(d) A soccer team.

2. How does Ruth Connors describe Susie's ghost?
(a) As a mean, scary image.
(b) As a voice only.
(c) As a girl with hollow eyes.
(d) As a white whisp of smoke that follows her around.

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

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

5. While in the hospital, what does Abigail want Fenerman to admit?
(a) That he has feelings for her.
(b) That Susie was murdered.
(c) That he killed his wife.
(d) That the police are clueless about what happened to Susie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Lindsey to put on make-up?

2. What does Jack believe Mr. Harvey's late wife was called?

3. Where does The Lovely Bones take place?

4. Why does Mr. Harvey not want Jack's help with his backyard project?

5. How does Nate respond to Buckley's comments about seeing his sister's ghost?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Samuel Heckler first meets the Salmon family, what does the reader learn about him?

2. How is the reader supposed to interpret Lindsey's reaction to seeing Mr. Harvey at Susie's memorial?

3. How does Mr. Harvey dispose of Susie's body?

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

5. How does Susie describe heaven?

6. What evidence does Jack give Detective Fenerman when he first calls to report Mr. Harvey as a suspect?

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

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

9. What surprising advice does Ruana give Jack about what to do about his suspicions of Mr. Harvey?

10. After Susie's murder, Lindsey has a rough time at school. What is it about school that makes her so angry?

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