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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. Where did Rick travel to Kansas from?

2. Who joins the Hospital?

3. How do the patients demand Dr. Bek for answers?

4. How old will Joy be in December?

5. What did Marcus always wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What puts an end to the patients' rebellion?

3. What does Marcus always wear?

4. Who are Olds and Older?

5. Who is Joy's second foster?

6. Why does a pilgrim join the Hospital?

7. What are Floor Groups?

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

9. What method does Joy use to exercise her memory?

10. Who in the Hospital goes missing one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the role of the nurses and doctors in the Hospital. What are they there to do, and to what lengths are they willing to go to carry out their mission?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of loneliness and isolation in the wake of an epidemic.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Joy's childhood trauma. What is her understanding of it, and how she does process it throughout the story?

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