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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 is Nick's reaction when Allie says they're leaving?

2. What does Mary trade to Speedo?

3. What is the weather like when Johnnie-O and Allie enter New York through the tunnel?

4. How does Allie feel about Mary, when they first meet?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Mary go to be alone?

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

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

5. What does Speedo bring to Mary?

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

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

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

9. How does Mary respond to Greensouls?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the fear of the unknown in Everlost, including how characters' past experiences affect their fears of the unknown.

Part 1) The coins represent the unknown to Mary. Why does she fear them?

Part 2) How does Allie approach the unknown in the novel? Does she show fear of the unknown?

Part 3) Why does the McGill fear the unknown of crossing into the afterlife? How does his fear compare to Mary's?

Essay Topic 2

In Everlost, Allie is a skeptic. Discuss Allie's skepticism about the rumors of the monster the McGill, the information in Mary's books, and other characters' intentions. Does Allie's skepticism benefit her? Does it cause her problems?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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