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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. Where did Piledriver die?

2. What is the McGill and Allie's joint fortune about?

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

4. Whom does Allie skinjack to avoid Mikey?

5. What does the Haunter say, when the McGill asks if Allie can teach him to skinjack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allie do, to prove she has skinjacked the woman in the haunted house?

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

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

4. What effect does seeing his picture have on the McGill?

5. How does Mikey escape the mob?

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

7. How does the McGill change his physical shape for Allie?

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

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

10. What does Vari do after Mary has left?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The fortune cookies in Everlost that always contain true fortunes show that fate or predestination is at work in Everlost. Choose three characters in Everlost and discuss how their fates are preordained. What roles do personal choice and free will play in their lives?

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