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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Mr. Harvey's relationship status?
2. Where does The Lovely Bones take place?
3. Where do Ruth and Ray spend a lot of time talking about Susie?
4. Who comforts Jack when he is found sobbing in Susie's room after his emotions bubble to the surface for the first time after Susie's death?
5. What piece of Mr. Harvey's mother's jewelry fascinates him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mr. Harvey ultimately kill Susie?
2. How does Mr. Harvey dispose of Susie's body?
3. Who is Claire?
4. When Samuel Heckler first meets the Salmon family, what does the reader learn about him?
5. What treats do Susie and Holly find in their heavens?
6. What first makes Susie start to think that there might be other heavens other than just her own?
7. What does Susie's heaven have?
8. How does Ruth Connors begin expressing herself after she sees Susie's ghost?
9. After Susie's murder, Lindsey has a rough time at school. What is it about school that makes her so angry?
10. Why does Jack become suspicious of Mr. Harvey's involvement in Susie's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does Susie end up getting justice for her death? Explain why or why not, making sure to use evidence from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
While the character of Mr. Harvey is quite complicated, Sebold lets the reader into his background, mindset, and psychology more than an average author might. Using what the reader knows about Mr. Harvey's dreams, discuss three aspects of his character that the reader may not otherwise have known about.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout The Lovely Bones, there are many ghosts that come and go throughout the text. is the reader supposed to assume that they are real, or are they being used purely as a literary device? Use evidence from the text to support your argument.
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