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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 item of Susie's does a hunter find on the ground?

2. Who does Abigail call from California to find out more about the emergency her family has had?

3. After Ruth and Ray become a couple again, what is the status of Ruana's relationship with Ray's father?

4. What does Abigail do with Buckley during her clandestine meeting with Fenerman after Mr. Harvey's house has been broken into?

5. Where does Mr. Harvey suggest Susie might have been killed when speaking to the police after Lindsey breaks into his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symptoms send Jack to the hospital after Buckley confronts him about dealing with Susie's death?

2. How exactly does Lindsey break into Mr. Harvey's house?

3. Who is Mr. O'Dwyer?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. How is the sinkhole going to be filled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As The Lovely Bones progresses, the Salmon family continues to unravel. Discuss the main reason why the family unravels, what exact moment the unraveling begins, and when the unraveling is completed. Make sure to use specific examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Detective Fenerman and the police department play a significant role in the story in The Lovely Bones, even if that role is made significant by their inaction. Discuss 1) how an author can use authority figures in a text, 2) how/if an author relies upon an inherent trust between the reader and authority figures, and 3) at least three ways the relationship between a reader and a text's authority figures can be manipulated (positively or negatively) in a story line.

Essay Topic 3

Beginning fairly early in the novel, several characters claim to see Susie's ghost. Name two of these characters; discuss the circumstances of when, how, and where they see Susie; and describe how these early "sightings" can be interpreted as foreshadowing Susie's reappearance at the end of the novel.

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