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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. Why does Abigail not want to go to Susie's one-year memorial?
(a) She simply is too sad.
(b) She can't find anything to wear.
(c) She has to stay home to take care of a sick Buckley.
(d) She thinks there are other ways to honor Susie.

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

3. After Ruth and Ray become a couple again, what is the status of Ruana's relationship with Ray's father?
(a) He has died.
(b) She is more in love with him than ever.
(c) She is having an affair with Federman.
(d) She is contemplating getting a divorce.

4. As Mr. Harvey becomes more and more haunted by his victims, where does he begin seeing them?
(a) In his bed.
(b) In the windows of the houses he drives by at night.
(c) In his house.
(d) Sitting next to him in his truck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, why does Abigail ask Fenerman to leave the hospital during his visit to see Jack?

2. While at the sinkhole, what happens to Ruth after she asks Susie if she wants anything?

3. What does Hal give Buckley for his 13th birthday?

4. While the sinkhole is being filled in, who does Mr. Harvey see in the upstairs window of the Salmon house?

5. What does Ruth wear as an art student?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict does Mr. Harvey feel about reporting that his house has been broken into?

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

3. What leads Grandma Lynn to believe that Mr. Harvey is involved in Susie's killing?

4. How is the sinkhole going to be filled?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What is Buckley's short story about?

10. What is the first memory Mr. Harvey has of killing someone?

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