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

2. Who is Flora Hernandez?

3. Which college do Samuel and Lindsey graduate from?

4. Why is Ruth so fascinated with the sinkhole?

5. What does Ruth wear as an art student?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mr. O'Dwyer?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. How is the sinkhole going to be filled?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Susie's entering Ruth's body and then making love to Ray makes the leap from fiction to fantasy. Write an argument explaining why this leap does or does not work with the text and what literary devices Sebold uses to make the leap.

Essay Topic 2

There are many characters that appear throughout The Lovely Bones. Discuss the pros and cons of having so many characters in a text.

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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