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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 is Dr. Bek?

3. What is the narrator's name?

4. What is Mysteries of the Sea?

5. What causes the atmosphere in the Hospital to drastically shift one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which patient dies outside of the Hospital?

2. Who are Olds and Older?

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

4. Who are the twins?

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

6. Who is Joy's second foster?

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

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

9. Who is Dr. Bek?

10. Which person from Joy's past haunted the Stop and Shop where she worked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining family from Joy's perspective. What makes a family, and in what ways does she seek one out throughout her life? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the book's depiction of America in the wake of an epidemic. What is this world like, and how is it different from before? Use evidence from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Joy's relationship with the Psychologist. What is the nature of this relationship, and what does Joy come to realize about it when she is an adult?

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