99 pages • 3 hours read
Alice SeboldThe Lovely Bones
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Exam Answer Key
Multiple Choice
1. B (Chapter 3)
2. D (Various chapters)
3. A (Various chapters)
4. B (Various chapters)
5. C (Various chapters)
6. B (Various chapters)
7. C (Chapter 9)
8. B (Various chapters)
9. C (Various chapters)
10. A (Various chapters)
11. C (Various chapters)
12. A (Chapter 11)
13. D (Various chapters)
14. B (Chapter 23)
Long Answer
1. Sebold includes the details of Harvey’s childhood to show the reason for his depravity. She also reveals the details of his thoughts to show his foresight and duplicity as well as explain why Harvey continues to kill even though he wants to stop. Harvey’s depictions of childhood seem to indicate Sebold believes murderers are made and not born. Harvey’s background also provides a measure of closure to the audience who may have had difficulty grappling with the concept of a senseless murder that goes unsolved at the novel’s conclusion. (Various chapters)
2. Susie realizes that Lindsey can remember Susie and appreciate her memory as well as continue to live her life in a way that brings her joy. At this moment in the novel, Lindsey has decided to live her life with Samuel in the same place Susie was murdered and is therefore no longer trying to escape Susie’s murder, but she is also not choosing this place because of Susie’s memory.
