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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 jogger Allie possesses accuse Allie of?

2. What does the McGill consult to find out how to do an unselfish act?

3. What number does the McGill write on Allie's blouse?

4. How many steps does Allie say that there are in learning to skinjack?

5. What happens when Nick starts swinging himself like a pendulum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allie believe the jogger will get as payment for Allie's possession?

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

3. What does Allie learn about fortune cookies?

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

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

6. What does Vari do after Mary has left?

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

8. How does the McGill describe sinking down into the Earth?

9. How does Mary respond when Nick tells her about the McGill and Allie's plan to defeat him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel.

Part 1) How is the nature of Everlost, and its rules, and important part of the novel? How do the characters change the setting, and how does the setting change the characters?

Part 2) How does the setting of the novel affect its tone?

Part 3) How does removing the characters from their lives and placing them in Everlost affect the characters' personalities and actions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the nature of monsters in Everlost.

Part 1) How do children in Everlost become monsters? What defines them as monsters?

Part 2) Are monsters defined by how others view them (for example, children believing the McGill is a monster), or how they view themselves (for example, the McGill believing himself a monster)?

Part 3) How are monsters an important part of Everlost, and what role do they play in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The genre of the novel Everlost is fantasy. Discuss how Everlost fits into the fantasy genre.

Part 1) What elements of the fantasy genre does Everlost have, and does it fit into any subgenre of fantasy?

Part 2) How does the world of Everlost compare with other fantasy worlds, such as Wonderland or Oz?

Part 3) How are the characters fantastical creatures, and how are they changed by their existence in a fantasy world?

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