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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. How many coins does Nick have left after helping the rescued children go into the light?

2. What does the boy next to Nick do when he is released from his barrel?

3. How many occupants does the McGill find in the fourteen barrels?

4. How many of the rescued children come with Mary?

5. How far away from his goal does Nick find himself, after the kids are done manipulating their ropes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Pinhead want to open the barrels?

6. How does Lief act when Pinhead and the other associates find him after he and Nick run away?

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

8. What does Vari do after Mary has left?

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

10. What is inside the McGill's safe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identity is a major theme of the novel, and naming is an important part of identity. Discuss identity and naming in the novel.

Part 1) How do characters name themselves, and how does their self-naming reflect their identities?

Part 2) How is the way characters forget their own names symbolic of losing their identities?

Part 3) How does Mary's act of naming elements of Everlost, such as "Afterlights" and "Skinjacking," affect both her identity and the identity of the things she names?

Essay Topic 2

Everlost is a type of coming of age novel, where young characters must become adults and live on their own. Discuss Everlost as a coming-of-age novel by choosing three characters and discussing how they grow up and move out of childhood through their experiences in the afterlife of Everlost.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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