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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. Where does Lizzie forgive the man who killed her?

2. What is Lizzie doing when the details of dead aging are explained?

3. How do the dead age?

4. What happens when the dead finish aging?

5. What is wrong with the girl with Lizzie when she wakes up at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Lizzie's last spoken words, and how does she feel when she finds out what they were?

2. What is Lizzie's first dream in Elsewhere?

3. What is the Well?

4. How does Lucy plan to deal with her grief at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Owen say to Lizzie after she contacts her family?

6. Why is Lizzie so upset when she learns how people age in Elsewhere?

7. What is surprising to Lizzie about the captain of the Nile?

8. Why is it strange for Lucy to be telling us things at the beginning of the book?

9. What does Lizzie get an invitation to, and what does she do about it?

10. Who is Curtis, and how does Lizzie know him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do animals fit into this plot, and how is their place in this plot different than other books of this nature?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Owen endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

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