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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 does Dr. Bek lock himself?

2. What is the first type of patient in the Hospital?

3. What does Rick chat with Joy about most of the time?

4. What does the narrator want for the pilgrims?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Olds and Older?

4. What happens during the first blizzard of the year at the Hospital?

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

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

7. Who are the twins?

8. Who in the Hospital goes missing one day?

9. What does Marcus always wear?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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