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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 does the first boy that Allie finds hanging upside-down have on his pajamas?

2. Where do Nick and Lief end up, after running from the ship's crew?

3. What is step seven of Allie's plan for the McGill to learn skinjacking?

4. How does Nick feel about Mary at the end of the story?

5. What does Mikey try to imagine so that he and Allie are pulled upwards?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mikey escape the mob?

2. What does Allie grab onto to get on the McGill's ship?

3. How does the McGill deal with the tangled kids in the chiming chamber?

4. What does the McGill keep in his spittoon?

5. Why does Pinhead want to open the barrels?

6. What does Allie do with her typed message?

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

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

9. What does Nick mean when he says "macrame"?

10. Why doesn't Allie free Nick and Lief when she first finds them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Betrayal and trickery is a theme that runs throughout the novel. Discuss betrayal and trickery in the novel.

Part 1) How does feeling betrayed or being tricked affect characters' future behavior? What are the consequences of betrayal and trickery?

Part 2) Is betrayal and trickery ever justified in the novel? How?

Part 3) What causes characters to use trickery or to betray others? Are betrayal and trickery avoidable in the novel?

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

In Everlost, self-image controls how the characters appear to other Afterlights. Choose three characters from the novel. Explain how each character's self-image alters or affects their appearance. Explain the significance of this externalization of self-image in the novel.

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