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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 color does Olly always wear, based on the emails seen in "First Contact, Part Three"?

2. Who is Madeline's full-time nurse?

3. How many hours of sleep does Madeline describe getting the night before in "Numerology"?

4. In "Life is Short," Madeline writes a review of Alice in Wonderland. What does Madeline write?

5. What word is defined in “Madeline’s Dictionary” after Carla's departure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Madeline research in the chapter titled “Research"? Why?

2. How does Madeline explain her behavior to her mother in “Owtsyd"?

3. How is the sun room in Madeline's house described?

4. How is Olly's appearance described? What are Madeline's impressions of him when they first meet face-to-face?

5. What does Carla remark about love in “Perspectives”?

6. What does the Bundt cake represent symbolically in the novel?

7. What is Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease and what are its effects on a patient?

8. How is the process which one must go through in order to see Madeline in person described in the narrative?

9. How does Madeline describe Olly's room in "I Spy"?

10. How is the model described that Madeline has created in “Astronaut Ice Cream”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Madeline and Olly's trip to Hawaii. Why do they go to Hawaii? How does Madeline convince Olly to run away with her? What experiences does she have in Hawaii?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the various literary allusions in Everything, Everything. How do the literary works cited relate to the characters and themes in this novel? Why do you think the author chooses to insert these allusions? How do the allusions inform the reader?

Essay Topic 3

What leads up to Madeline's first face-to-face meeting with Olly? Why is this meeting kept secret? How do each of these characters perceive the other based on their first impressions?

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