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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 are Nick and Allie doing when Lief first sees them?

2. What does Mary give Speedo personal advice about?

3. What initial does Mary Hightower think her real name started with?

4. What does Mary wear?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Nick's metaphor of the coin.

2. What does Allie find inside the Waldorf-Astoria?

3. What is Ecto-ripping?

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

5. What does Lief look like?

6. Why doesn't Johnnie-O want to cross the Washington Bridge?

7. What causes the car accident?

8. What does Lief tell Allie and Nick about the "others"?

9. What does Lief think about God?

10. What causes the chocolate to smear on Nick's face?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss symbolism in Everlost by examining the following three symbolic elements in the novel: the chocolate on Nick's face, the Twin Towers, and the McGill changing his hands to fur. What do these elements in the story symbolize, and why does the author use these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the states that Afterlights find themselves in during the novel. Choose an example of a character trying to explore and understand the external world, an example of a character exploring and changing his or her internal life, and an example of a character stuck in a "rut." Compare these three states, their causes, and consequences.

Essay Topic 3

Betrayal and trickery is a theme that runs throughout the novel. Discuss betrayal and trickery in the novel.

Part 1) How does feeling betrayed or being tricked affect characters' future behavior? What are the consequences of betrayal and trickery?

Part 2) Is betrayal and trickery ever justified in the novel? How?

Part 3) What causes characters to use trickery or to betray others? Are betrayal and trickery avoidable in the novel?

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