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The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

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The Lovely Bones Overview Quiz

The Lovely Bones is perhaps one of the most haunting novels of this generation. Susie Salmon's insight and narration allows for the reader to experience the grief her family and friends face as they deal with her disappearance and murder. Susie's desire to remain connected to her life on earth is problematic and complex, much like our own grieving processes. Test your knowledge of this evocative tale with eNotes' The Lovely Bones Overview Quiz!

  1. What advice does Mrs. Singh give Susie's father?

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  2. Susie is surprised to learn that heaven... :

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  3. How does Mr. Salmon severely injure his knee?

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  4. What item of Susie's does Len Fenerman discover, years after her murder?

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  5. What does Ruth become obsessed with that makes her a celebrity in Heaven?

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  6. Where does Mr. Harvey begin sleeping?

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  7. What is in the crawl space of Mr. Harvey's house?

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  8. What piece of Susie's clothing that police find convinces her family she is dead?

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  9. What desire, via Ruth, does Susie get to fulfill?

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  10. What book do the police find in the cornfield?

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