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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 take from the basement?

2. Why does Joy go to the basement while everyone is in the Dining Hall?

3. What noises does Joy begin to hear at night coming from the twins' room?

4. Why do the patients get harder to control when it starts getting colder?

5. What does the Pathologist do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Floor Groups?

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

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

4. Who in the Hospital goes missing one day?

5. Who is Dr. Bek?

6. What is the new pilgrim's name and where did he come from?

7. Who are Joy's first foster parents?

8. Who are the twins?

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

10. Who is Joy's second foster?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story is told entirely from Joy’s perspective. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story from Joy’s point of view. How does viewing the events from Joy’s point of view affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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