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

2. What does Allie call Johnnie-O to get him to help her?

3. What do Johnnie-O and his friends take from Nick?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened when Mary went home after her death?

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

6. What was the forest like when it was alive?

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

8. What does Allie notice about the children living with Mary in the World Trade Center?

9. What does Lief think about God?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the McGill, Johnnie-O, and the Haunter act as bullies in the novel. How do they affect others and the world of Everlost? How have they become bullies? What does their behavior do to their characters and identities?

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

Mary takes authority over others in Everlost, as does the McGill. Discuss authority in the novel, drawing conclusions about what gives characters authority and when authority is or is not deserved.

Part 1) How does Mary put herself in authority over the children at the Twin Towers? Is her authority deserved?

Part 2) How do Mary's books give her authority? Do her beliefs have more power and authority because she writes them down? Is this authority deserved?

Part 3) How does the McGill take authority over others, and how does his authority differ from Mary's? Is his authority deserved?

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