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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 Lizzie vow when she hears what her last word in life was?

2. What does Lizzie have to speak to take the job she is first offered in the land of the dead?

3. Where does Lizzie get the money to watch people in snippets?

4. What does Owen tell Lizzie about her communication with her family?

5. What building is Lizzie's first appointment in the land of the dead held?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy tell us at the beginning of the book?

2. What were Lizzie's last spoken words, and how does she feel when she finds out what they were?

3. Why is Lizzie so upset when she learns how people age in Elsewhere?

4. Why is it strange for Lucy to be telling us things at the beginning of the book?

5. What do the people in the Department of Domestic Animals do?

6. How does Lucy plan to deal with her grief at the beginning of the book?

7. Who is Thandie, and how does Lizzie meet her?

8. What is the Well?

9. What does Lizzie try to tell her family when she contacts them?

10. What does Lizzie get an invitation to, and what does she do about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Sneaker Clause, and what affect does it have on the plot and the main characters in "Elsewhere"?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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