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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 sensation does Allie feel when she enters the old man in the engine room?

2. Lief is left with a feeling of ________________.

3. How do Mary and Nick travel to Lakehurst?

4. How does Allie get to the McGill's ship?

5. What does the mob try to do to Mikey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the prophecy that Allie will be the first and last come to pass?

2. What does Vari do after Mary has left?

3. What does Meadow say to Nick, once he's started the Twin Towers children on the way to the light?

4. Why does Choo-Choo Charlie like Penn Station?

5. What did the Twin Pier Marauders do to the McGill?

6. Why does Pinhead want to open the barrels?

7. What is the old man in the engine room thinking about, when Allie enters his thoughts?

8. What caused the little girl at the end of the story to get lost on her way to the light?

9. What is inside the McGill's safe?

10. Why does the McGill keep children in the chiming chamber?

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

In Everlost, Allie seeks knowledge, whereas Mary values safety. Their conflicting viewpoints are the root of much of the conflict in the novel. Discuss the conflict of knowledge and safety in the novel.

Part 1) What kind of trouble does Allie's search for knowledge bring her? Is the search for knowledge worthwhile?

Part 2) What problems does Mary's desire for safety cause? Is her desire for safety worthwhile?

Part 3) How do Allie's desire for knowledge and Mary's desire for safety affect others? How do they create conflict?

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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