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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 get the money for her diving equipment?

2. What are the parents trying to comfort themselves about at the beginning of the book?

3. What is Curtis's job in Elsewhere?

4. Where did Lizzie get the only clothes she has when she first gets to the land of the dead?

5. Where does Lizzie meet Sadie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Betty, and how does she know Lizzie?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Lizzie discover her gift for speaking with dogs?

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

10. What does Lizzie try to tell her family when she contacts them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the most upsetting thing for Lizzie in her new life in Elsewhere, and how is this resolved?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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