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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 Ruth go to make a life as an artist?
(a) Houston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

2. What illegal activity did a young Mr. Harvey do frequently with his mother?
(a) Steal cars.
(b) Steal from stores.
(c) Rob banks.
(d) Deal drugs.

3. Where does Mr. Harvey live after he leaves his house?
(a) No one knows.
(b) With his mother.
(c) In a nearby town.
(d) In the wilderness.

4. Who is Holiday?
(a) Franny's dog in heaven.
(b) Susie's bodyguard while she is on Earth.
(c) The ghost of Mr. Harvey's dog.
(d) Ray's dog.

5. What does Abigail do with Buckley during her clandestine meeting with Fenerman after Mr. Harvey's house has been broken into?
(a) Hang out with other cops at the police station.
(b) Go to Grandma Lynn's house.
(c) Go to a playground at the mall.
(d) Chat with a waitress at the diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ruana feel about Ray's relationship with Ruth?

2. How does Lynn react to her mother's accusation that she is having an affair?

3. What happens to Jack in Chapter 18, after Buckley confronts him about how he has dealt with Susie's death?

4. What does Buckley want to be called when his mother returns from California?

5. What items does Mr. Harvey remember stealing from memorials and graves with his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the neighbors are gathering for Susie's one-year memorial, what does Lindsey ask of her mother?

2. While eating apple pie that Ruana brought to the Salmon family, what do Samuel and Lindsey learn about the house they want to fix up?

3. Why is Lindsey so upset when she sees a red scarf on Fenerman's desk one day when she stops in to see how her sister's case is going?

4. Why is Lindsey so angry with her mother when she returns from California to see Jack in the hospital?

5. What does Susie realize, while watching from her heaven, about her family after she has entered (and left) Ruth's body?

6. How is the sinkhole going to be filled?

7. Why is Ruth a celebrity in Susie's heaven?

8. What does Samuel promise to do with the abandoned house he and Lindsey take shelter in after their college graduation?

9. Years after Susie's murder, what does Mr. Harvey dream of when he feels threatened?

10. What does Susie confess to Ray as he prepares to go visit the sinkhole before it is to be filled in?

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