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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 days does it take Allie and Nick to get out of the mountains?

2. What happens to both Allie and Nick in the car accident?

3. What is Allie arguing with her father about before the car accident?

4. In what book does Mary write, "We are better than life"?

5. Where does the boy in the elevator tell Allie that the Haunter lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lief look like?

2. What reason does Johnnie-O give for asking Allie's name?

3. What causes the car accident?

4. What strikes the three children, as they approach New York City?

5. What is the first question Allie asks Mary when Mary comes to her room?

6. What does Allie find inside the Waldorf-Astoria?

7. How does Mary respond to Greensouls?

8. What does Mary advise Afterlights to do to keep their appearance?

9. What is Ecto-ripping?

10. How does Nick think Mary will receive him, after he returns from the Haunter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Everlost, self-image controls how the characters appear to other Afterlights. Choose three characters from the novel. Explain how each character's self-image alters or affects their appearance. Explain the significance of this externalization of self-image in the novel.

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

Discuss how the McGill, Johnnie-O, and the Haunter act as bullies in the novel. How do they affect others and the world of Everlost? How have they become bullies? What does their behavior do to their characters and identities?

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