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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 does Lief say when Allie asks to come to his home and use his telephone?

2. Upon entering the Waldorf-Astoria, what song does Allie hear?

3. How does Nick greet Mary when she first visits his room?

4. What is Allie arguing with her father about before the car accident?

5. Have Johnnie-O's friends heard of the Haunter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lief look like?

2. How does Mary respond to Greensouls?

3. What reason does Johnnie-O give for asking Allie's name?

4. What do the boys who ambush Allie and Nick want?

5. What does Allie do, when Mary refuses to help Nick and Lief?

6. What do Allie and Nick wish for, when they throw their coins into the fountain?

7. What causes the car accident?

8. What is Ecto-ripping?

9. What strikes the three children, as they approach New York City?

10. What does Lief think about God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the nature of morality in the novel. There are many characters who exhibit qualities of good and evil in the novel. Choose three characters and compare their morality. In what ways are they good and in what ways are they evil? Do they have good or evil intentions? What does a comparison of these characters reveal about the nature of good and evil in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the novel.

Part 1) How is the nature of Everlost, and its rules, and important part of the novel? How do the characters change the setting, and how does the setting change the characters?

Part 2) How does the setting of the novel affect its tone?

Part 3) How does removing the characters from their lives and placing them in Everlost affect the characters' personalities and actions?

Essay Topic 3

The genre of the novel Everlost is fantasy. Discuss how Everlost fits into the fantasy genre.

Part 1) What elements of the fantasy genre does Everlost have, and does it fit into any subgenre of fantasy?

Part 2) How does the world of Everlost compare with other fantasy worlds, such as Wonderland or Oz?

Part 3) How are the characters fantastical creatures, and how are they changed by their existence in a fantasy world?

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