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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 Nick see above him in the chiming room?

2. Nick compares the living world to _____________.

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

4. What does the old man balk at doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pinhead want to open the barrels?

2. What does Allie do with her typed message?

3. What does Vari do after Mary has left?

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

5. What does the McGill keep in his spittoon?

6. How does Mary react when she finds out Nick has helped the thousand children on to the light?

7. What is inside the McGill's safe?

8. What does Allie plan to do after she gets home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the nature of morality in the novel. There are many characters who exhibit qualities of good and evil in the novel. Choose three characters and compare their morality. In what ways are they good and in what ways are they evil? Do they have good or evil intentions? What does a comparison of these characters reveal about the nature of good and evil in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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