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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 food does Allie notice has a particularly nasty, jagged bite taken out of it?

2. What reason does Mary give for not going to rescue Nick and Lief?

3. What food does Vari announce that Mary has to distribute?

4. How many parties does Speedo go to to find the item he gives to Mary?

5. Who sees Lief, Nick, and Allie leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first question Allie asks Mary when Mary comes to her room?

2. How does Mary respond to Greensouls?

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

4. What is Ecto-ripping?

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

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

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

8. Explain Nick's metaphor of the coin.

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

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

In Everlost, two sets of characters develop relationships: Mary and Nick, and the McGill and Allie. Discuss love and relationships in the novel.

Part 1) How is the development of attraction between Mary and Nick different from the development of attraction between the McGill and Allie? Why is it different?

Part 2) How do Vari and Pinhead react to the intrusion of Nick and Allie, respectively, on their relationships with Mary and the McGill?

Part 3) What is the role of love in the novel, and how is it affected by the youth of the characters when they die?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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