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

2. What does Mary say, when Allie asks if there is a way out of Everlost?

3. What are people who locate objects that have passed through to Everlost called?

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

5. What are the girls who first talk to Allie, Lief, and Nick at the World Trade Center doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mary respond to Greensouls?

3. What causes the car accident?

4. Explain Nick's metaphor of the coin.

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

6. What rooms do Allie, Nick, and Lief choose?

7. What do Allie and Nick see on the road when they climb up to see the scene of the accident?

8. What does Speedo bring to Mary?

9. What does Lief do to Allie and Nick that gets them upset and makes Allie cry?

10. What does Lief think about God?

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

Negotiation and bargaining is an important aspect of the way that characters with conflicting goals deal with each other. Particularly, Allie uses negotiation and bargaining to get help from characters with more power than she has. Choose three instances of discussion and bargaining in the novel. Discuss their importance and consequence.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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