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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old will Joy be in December?
(a) 21.
(b) 22.
(c) 23.
(d) 20.

2. Where does Joy stay when Louis dies?
(a) The Common Room.
(b) Outside.
(c) The Dining Hall.
(d) Their closet.

3. Who is Beatrice Lurry?
(a) Joy's sister.
(b) Joy's girlfriend.
(c) Joy's friend.
(d) Joy's mother.

4. Who is standing outside the Hospital at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Pilgrims.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Steve.
(d) Lane.

5. What does the pilgrim tell his new Floor Group mates?
(a) That he is nearly dead.
(b) That he could not bring back both the twins.
(c) That he loves them.
(d) That he is gay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marcus always wear?

2. Where is Rick from?

3. What happens to the person who starts the rebellion?

4. What does Joy wonder about the twins after she hears a strange sound?

5. Who is Marcus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the patients stop entertaining the idea of escape?

2. What nation-wide issue is the U.S. facing at the start of the book?

3. Why does a pilgrim join the Hospital?

4. What happens when the patients rebel against the Hospital?

5. Who is Dr. Bek?

6. What does Joy see one morning in the arms of a pilgrim standing outside the Hospital?

7. Who is the narrator of the book and where is she at the start of the novel?

8. What does Joy learn about her mother during an Internet session?

9. What does Dr. Bek say are the two types of patients in the Hospital?

10. What does the new pilgrim give Joy advice for?

(see the answer keys)

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