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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 character's visit to the Salmon family in the hospital, after Buckley has confronted Jack, makes the entire family tense?
2. How does Buckley's kindergarten teacher treat him?
3. Who does Jack think visits him in the hospital after his confrontation with Buckley?
4. What does Buckley want to be called when his mother returns from California?
5. In Chapter 21, why does Abigail ask Fenerman to leave the hospital during his visit to see Jack?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Susie realize, while watching from her heaven, about her family after she has entered (and left) Ruth's body?
2. What is Buckley's short story about?
3. Why is Lindsey so angry with her mother when she returns from California to see Jack in the hospital?
4. What conflict does Mr. Harvey feel about reporting that his house has been broken into?
5. How is the sinkhole going to be filled?
6. Who is Mr. O'Dwyer?
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. How exactly does Lindsey break into Mr. Harvey's house?
9. How does Susie know her way around Hal's bike shop?
10. What can Susie physically feel that lets her know she is in Ruth's body?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
How is the character of Buckley used by Sebold to develop other characters and explain their emotional states throughout the novel? Make sure to use at least three different examples from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Many of the characters in The Lovely Bones come of age throughout the novel. In a well argued essay, discuss 1) whether or not Susie can ever come of age, or if she will forever be the ghost of a 14-year-old girl, and 2) if she does come of age, when and how it happens in the text.
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