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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 character's visit to the Salmon family in the hospital, after Buckley has confronted Jack, makes the entire family tense?
(a) Grandma Lynn.
(b) Fenerman.
(c) Ruana.
(d) Mr. Harvey.

2. What does Buckley want to be called when his mother returns from California?
(a) "Buck."
(b) "Jumper."
(c) "Salmon."
(d) "Jack Junior."

3. What does Ray end up studying as a career?
(a) Literature.
(b) Math.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Criminal justice.

4. Who is Jack asking for in the hospital after his confrontation with Buckley?
(a) Buckley and Susie.
(b) Lindsey and Samuel.
(c) Abigail and Susie.
(d) Lindsey and Buckley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By Chapter 20, as time goes on, what kinds of places does Mr. Harvey like to visit?

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

3. How does the Salmon family react to Samuel and Lindsey's engagement?

4. After she makes love to Ray (in Ruth's body), how does Susie tell Ray to remember her last name?

5. Where does Ruth go to make a life as an artist?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What can Susie physically feel that lets her know she is in Ruth's body?

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

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

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

7. What is Buckley's short story about?

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

9. What is bothering Jack while he is helping Lindsey learn how to shave her legs?

10. Why is the Salmon family tense about Fenerman coming to visit Jack and the rest of the family in the hospital after Jack's heart attack?

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