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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 name of the lead singer of Lizzie's favorite band?

2. Where is Lizzie offered a job in the land of the dead?

3. How many routes does the Nile have?

4. What does Lizzie spend all her money on after learning her killer is unidentified?

5. What did the lead singer of Lizzie's favorite band die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lizzie deal with her death when she first wakes up in the book?

2. What happens when Lizzie makes a list of after contacting her family?

3. What clues does Lizzie have to her death?

4. What happens on Lizzie's first day of work?

5. What does Lizzie spend a lot of money on when she first gets to Elsewhere?

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

7. What do the people in the Department of Domestic Animals do?

8. What does Lizzie want to tell her family when she first prepares to contact them?

9. What does Aldous Ghant do for a living?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was Lizzie able to forgive her killer, and what did this decision to progress the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Andous was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

How did all the people in Elsewhere die, and what affect does this have on their life in Elsewhere?

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