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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 is the name of the vessel Lizzie is on at the beginning of the book?

2. What is wrong with the girl with Lizzie when she wakes up at the beginning of the book?

3. What happens when the dead finish aging?

4. How does Betty find out about the diving?

5. What did the girl with Lizzie at the beginning of the book die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Owen say to Lizzie after she contacts her family?

2. How did Lizzie die?

3. What does Aldous Ghant do for a living?

4. How does Lizzie deal with her death when she first wakes up in the book?

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

6. What is the Sneaker Clause?

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

8. How does Lizzie discover her gift for speaking with dogs?

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

10. What is Lizzie's first dream in Elsewhere?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to the plot and why?

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