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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sees Lief, Nick, and Allie leave?
(a) Meadow and Mary.
(b) Mary and Skully.
(c) Meadow and Vari.
(d) Vari and Skully.

2. What does Allie offer Lief that pulls his attention away from the Pac-Man game?
(a) Better games.
(b) Candy corn.
(c) A nickle.
(d) A kiss.

3. Which tire blows on the Mercedes?
(a) Rear right tire.
(b) Rear left tire.
(c) Front right tire.
(d) Front left tire.

4. Who is eating in the food court?
(a) Younger children.
(b) Mary.
(c) Older children.
(d) Speedo.

5. When do Allie, Lief, and Nick decide to leave the World Trade Center?
(a) Late at night, during a storm.
(b) In the early evening, when kids are watching TV.
(c) On a hot afternoon, when kids are napping.
(d) Early in the morning, in the fog.

6. What was Mary's brother's name?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Mikey.
(d) Mark.

7. How does Nick greet Mary when she first visits his room?
(a) He shakes her hand.
(b) He smiles at her and waves.
(c) He kisses her hand.
(d) He hugs her.

8. Where does the boy in the elevator tell Allie that the Haunter lives?
(a) A former shoe factory.
(b) A former pickle factory.
(c) A former cat food factory.
(d) A former whistle factory.

9. What does Mary's TV play?
(a) Shows that come from the children's imaginations.
(b) Shows that aired the day it crossed to Everlost.
(c) Shows that aired before it crossed to Everlost.
(d) Shows that are on anywhere in the living world.

10. Where is Johnnie-O's hideout?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a parking structure.
(c) In a tree house.
(d) In a cave.

11. How did Mary's mother die?
(a) Of a heart attack.
(b) In a farming accident.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) Of tuberculosis.

12. What does Mary wear?
(a) Pair of tattered shorts and a t-shirt.
(b) Confirmation gown.
(c) Jeans and a plaid shirt.
(d) Uncomfortable school dress.

13. What does the boy who's left the card game say when Nick dares him to go back?
(a) He says he doesn't want to.
(b) He says he can't.
(c) He says he doesn't know what Nick's talking about.
(d) He says he will.

14. What is Lief doing when the car accident happens?
(a) Sleeping under a tree in the forest.
(b) Gathering leaves and twigs in the forest.
(c) Hiding in the bushes by the road.
(d) Jumping from branch to branch in the forest.

15. Who is the first of the three children to step onto the marble plaza of the World Trade Center?
(a) Nick.
(b) They all step on together.
(c) Allie.
(d) Lief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary give Speedo personal advice about?

2. What stops Allie from jumping out of the way of the bus?

3. What does Mary call the mysterious talents that can sometimes connect Afterlights to the living world?

4. Has the boy in the elevator ever met the Haunter?

5. How many days does it take Allie and Nick to get out of the mountains?

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