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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 Samuel ask Lindsey to marry him?

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

3. During the one-year memorial, what are the neighbors doing to honor Susie?

4. Where do Susie (in Ruth's body) and Ray end up making love?

5. What does Jack have surgically replaced after he is attacked in the cornfield?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How is the sinkhole going to be filled?

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

5. Who is Mr. O'Dwyer?

6. When Jack and Abigail confess that they both see Susie, how do they react?

7. How does Susie know her way around Hal's bike shop?

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

9. While eating apple pie that Ruana brought to the Salmon family, what do Samuel and Lindsey learn about the house they want to fix up?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Lovely Bones contains many instances of juxtaposed situations, themes, and characters. Choose one chapter from the novel and compare and contrast two juxtaposed narrative devices, characters, or situations.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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