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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what book does Mary write, "Afterlight Greensouls are precious"?
(a) Death Be Not Dull.
(b) Oh, My Death.
(c) Afterlife: The First Months.
(d) No Greensoul Left Behind.

2. What does Johnnie-O try to do to Allie?
(a) Push her into the ground.
(b) Send her back where she came from.
(c) Chop her into pieces.
(d) Drop her into the ocean.

3. What happens to the garbage truck that runs over Allie?
(a) It overturns.
(b) Its engine overheats.
(c) It runs into a utility pole.
(d) Its tire blows out.

4. What does Allie suggest Nick could bring back to Mary, if he comes with her?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A game.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A dozen roses.

5. How is Miss Mary's private room decorated?
(a) With brightly colored play furniture.
(b) With original World Trade Center office furniture.
(c) With cushy, soft, warm furniture.
(d) With mismatched funiture.

6. To whom does Mary tell the story of how she died?
(a) Vari.
(b) Allie.
(c) Nick.
(d) No one.

7. Where do Allie and Nick stop to rest on the road south?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) At spots where there is total darkness.
(c) At spots where the road is cracked and potholed.
(d) At spots where people have died.

8. How many days does it take Allie and Nick to get out of the mountains?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

9. What are Nick and Allie doing when Lief first sees them?
(a) Shivering.
(b) Crying.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Sleeping.

10. What does Mary say, when Allie asks if there is a way out of Everlost?
(a) Yes, but it is too dangerous.
(b) She doesn't know.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe, but if so, the knowledge of it is lost.

11. Why are the children stuck in Everlost known as Afterlights?
(a) They are a light left over after their lives.
(b) They glow in the dark.
(c) They live in a dim world, after the light is gone.
(d) They exist after being drawn toward the light.

12. Who sees Lief, Nick, and Allie leave?
(a) Mary and Skully.
(b) Meadow and Vari.
(c) Vari and Skully.
(d) Meadow and Mary.

13. What does Johnnie-O avoid, as he goes down the streets of his town?
(a) The Chinese restaurants.
(b) The sites of car accidents.
(c) The street lights.
(d) The psychics' shops.

14. Who is the first of the three children to step onto the marble plaza of the World Trade Center?
(a) Lief.
(b) Allie.
(c) They all step on together.
(d) Nick.

15. What are the girls who first talk to Allie, Lief, and Nick at the World Trade Center doing?
(a) Playing jump rope.
(b) Playing catch.
(c) Playing jacks.
(d) Drawing pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nick live?

2. How does Nick greet Mary when she first visits his room?

3. What does Nick think of making, to help him and Allie travel outside the forest?

4. What does the boy who's left the card game say when Nick dares him to go back?

5. Why doesn't Nick want to sleep?

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