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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 does Joy decide to do with Dr. Bek that she has never done before?

2. Who is Curtis?

3. Who in the Hospital goes missing one day?

4. Who dies outside the Hospital?

5. What former patient does Joy see outside the Hospital window?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which one of Joy's friends in the Hospital gets sent to the tenth floor?

2. Which patient dies outside of the Hospital?

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

4. Who is Dr. Bek?

5. Why does a pilgrim join the Hospital?

6. Who are the twins?

7. Which Floor Group does a pilgrim join?

8. Who are Joy's first foster parents?

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

10. Who are Olds and Older?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the voice of Joy. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text to analyze the nature of this voice and what it suggests about the character.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the role of the patients in the Hospital. What are they there to do, and why this group of people specifically? What does living within the context of the Hospital do to these people as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine Joy's life before she was in the Hospital. What was her life like, and what kind of person was she? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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