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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Piledriver take with him for his mission?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A small, wooden box.
(c) Two crewmen and a lifeboat.
(d) A set of tools and an accomplice.

2. Lief is left with a feeling of ________________.
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Patience.
(c) Rage.
(d) Excitement.

3. What kind of book does Allie think that she will write?
(a) A book of adventure.
(b) A book of defiance.
(c) A book of tragedy.
(d) A book of experience.

4. How far away from his goal does Nick find himself, after the kids are done manipulating their ropes?
(a) 40 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

5. Who is the first person Nick helps go on to the light?
(a) Skully.
(b) The boy in the shark pajamas.
(c) Lief.
(d) The boy in the Boy Scout uniform.

6. What kind of animal is Shiloh?
(a) A cat.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A beaver.
(d) A horse.

7. What does the boy next to Nick do when he is released from his barrel?
(a) He flies off into the air, like a rocket.
(b) He dissolves into liquid.
(c) He screams endlessly.
(d) He drops to the ground and sobs.

8. How does Nick feel about Mary at the end of the story?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He is jealous of her.
(c) He feels cold and uncaring toward her.
(d) He still loves her.

9. How far does Allie fall before something grabs her?
(a) Into the air outside the car windshield.
(b) Onto the hood of the car.
(c) Into the bedrock of the Earth.
(d) Into the topsoil beneath the grass.

10. What does Mikey try to imagine so that he and Allie are pulled upwards?
(a) Gravity is reversed.
(b) The ground is pushing them up.
(c) They are made of steam.
(d) They are filled with hydrogen.

11. What is the second step Allie gives the McGill in her skinjacking lessons?
(a) To follow a living person for 24 hours.
(b) To solve an algebraic equation.
(c) To write a 100-page journal of 100 days.
(d) To meditate on a mountaintop for 24 hours.

12. What does the McGill's crew spend their time doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Cleaning.

13. How does Nick know he's not ready to go on to the light?
(a) The coins feel cold to him.
(b) He knows he hasn't been in Everlost for enough time.
(c) The coins hurt his hand when he tries to grasp them.
(d) He has a gut feeling about it.

14. What does Allie tell the McGill they must find, in order to skinjack?
(a) A Cycle of Light.
(b) A Maelstrom of Courage.
(c) A Vortex of Spirit.
(d) An Eddy of Energy.

15. How many tries does it take Allie to type her message?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the McGill and Allie's joint fortune about?

2. What number does the McGill write on Allie's blouse?

3. Who tells Allie where to find Nick and Lief?

4. What does the first boy that Allie finds hanging upside-down have on his pajamas?

5. Mary arrives in Atlantic City in __________.

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