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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 kind of animal is Shiloh?

2. How many souls cross over inter Everlost with the Marine Sulphur Queen?

3. Nick compares the living world to _____________.

4. Who is the first person Nick helps go on to the light?

5. What is the Marauders' den called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allie learn about fortune cookies?

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

3. What did the Twin Pier Marauders do to the McGill?

4. How does the McGill describe sinking down into the Earth?

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

6. Why does Pinhead want to open the barrels?

7. What is chiming?

8. What does the McGill keep in his spittoon?

9. What does Allie plan to do after she gets home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the nature of monsters in Everlost.

Part 1) How do children in Everlost become monsters? What defines them as monsters?

Part 2) Are monsters defined by how others view them (for example, children believing the McGill is a monster), or how they view themselves (for example, the McGill believing himself a monster)?

Part 3) How are monsters an important part of Everlost, and what role do they play in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Identity is a major theme of the novel, and naming is an important part of identity. Discuss identity and naming in the novel.

Part 1) How do characters name themselves, and how does their self-naming reflect their identities?

Part 2) How is the way characters forget their own names symbolic of losing their identities?

Part 3) How does Mary's act of naming elements of Everlost, such as "Afterlights" and "Skinjacking," affect both her identity and the identity of the things she names?

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