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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. How does Thandie feel when the boat stops?

2. How does Lizzie know how to dive?

3. What is Lucy sad about at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Lizzie ask her house mate to take her to after her job interview?

5. How does Lizzie feel when she wakes from her first dream in the land of the dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lizzie die?

2. Who is Thandie, and how does Lizzie meet her?

3. What does Lizzie do when she becomes upset about the way people age in Elsewhere?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the Well?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to the plot and why?

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