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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 happened to the nickel that Lief used to have?

2. When do Allie, Lief, and Nick decide to leave the World Trade Center?

3. What gets on the elevator with Allie on the ninety-eighth floor?

4. To what video game does Lief become addicted?

5. What are Nick and Allie doing when Lief first sees them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick try to remember his name?

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

3. Why doesn't Nick confront Mary about what Allie has shown him about the children living in the World Trade Center?

4. What does Speedo bring to Mary?

5. What does Lief think about God?

6. How does Mary respond to Greensouls?

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

8. Where does Mary go to be alone?

9. How does Lief feel, trapped alone in the barrel?

10. How does Nick think Mary will receive him, after he returns from the Haunter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters in Everlost gain and use power over each other. Discuss power in Everlost.

Part 1) How is power related to will in Everlost? How does a strong mind and will give a character power?

Part 2) How do characters in Everlost use their power over others, and how does this create conflict?

Part 3) What do characters in Everlost hope to gain using their power and strength of will? To what end do characters use power?

Essay Topic 2

Everlost is a type of coming of age novel, where young characters must become adults and live on their own. Discuss Everlost as a coming-of-age novel by choosing three characters and discussing how they grow up and move out of childhood through their experiences in the afterlife of Everlost.

Essay Topic 3

Death is a fundamental aspect of the novel Everlost. The novel begins with the main characters' deaths and takes place in the afterlife. Examine the novel's treatment of death.

Part 1) What do the characters learn about the nature of death?

Part 2) What does the nature of Everlost imply about death and what might follow Everlost?

Part 3) How do the characters deal with their own deaths and their loss of connections with life?

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