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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. Who used to haunt the Stop and Shop?

2. What do all patients in the Hospital have once a week?

3. Why did Joy go to the museum before she went to the Hospital?

4. Where did Dr. Bek work in the 80s?

5. Who helps Joy escape the Hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who are Olds and Older?

5. Who is Joy's second foster?

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

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

8. Which patient dies outside of the Hospital?

9. Who is Dr. Bek?

10. Who are the twins?

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 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 analyze whether Joy is a reliable narrator or not. Include evidence from the text to support your assertions.

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