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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 does Buckley want to use Susie's old shirts for?

2. What number on the back of Lindsey's shirt does Mr. Harvey see as she runs away from his house?

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

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

5. What does Hal give Buckley for his 13th birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Buckley's short story about?

3. What is the first memory Mr. Harvey has of killing someone?

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

5. What does Samuel promise to do with the abandoned house he and Lindsey take shelter in after their college graduation?

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

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

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

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. What does Susie realize, while watching from her heaven, about her family after she has entered (and left) Ruth's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The "Snapshots" chapter is unlike any other in The Lovely Bones. Discuss what function it serves in the text and why Sebold may have chosen to switch to this style in the middle of the novel (and then switch back in the very next chapter).

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

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.

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