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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 is the old man in the engine room doing?

2. Does Mary look for Vari, after she realizes he's missing?

3. What does Allie say that the McGill must wait for, as he stands on the dead spot?

4. How does Allie get to the McGill's ship?

5. What does Nick see above him in the chiming room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allie grab onto to get on the McGill's ship?

2. How does Lief act when Pinhead and the other associates find him after he and Nick run away?

3. What did the Twin Pier Marauders do to the McGill?

4. What does Allie plan to do after she gets home?

5. What does Allie do with her typed message?

6. What does Nick mean when he says "macrame"?

7. How does the prophecy that Allie will be the first and last come to pass?

8. What does the McGill look like?

9. What does the McGill keep in his spittoon?

10. What does Allie learn about fortune cookies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mary takes authority over others in Everlost, as does the McGill. Discuss authority in the novel, drawing conclusions about what gives characters authority and when authority is or is not deserved.

Part 1) How does Mary put herself in authority over the children at the Twin Towers? Is her authority deserved?

Part 2) How do Mary's books give her authority? Do her beliefs have more power and authority because she writes them down? Is this authority deserved?

Part 3) How does the McGill take authority over others, and how does his authority differ from Mary's? Is his authority deserved?

Essay Topic 2

In Everlost, Allie seeks knowledge, whereas Mary values safety. Their conflicting viewpoints are the root of much of the conflict in the novel. Discuss the conflict of knowledge and safety in the novel.

Part 1) What kind of trouble does Allie's search for knowledge bring her? Is the search for knowledge worthwhile?

Part 2) What problems does Mary's desire for safety cause? Is her desire for safety worthwhile?

Part 3) How do Allie's desire for knowledge and Mary's desire for safety affect others? How do they create conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Death is a fundamental aspect of the novel Everlost. The novel begins with the main characters' deaths and takes place in the afterlife. Examine the novel's treatment of death.

Part 1) What do the characters learn about the nature of death?

Part 2) What does the nature of Everlost imply about death and what might follow Everlost?

Part 3) How do the characters deal with their own deaths and their loss of connections with life?

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