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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 is Marcus while the other members of the Mansion are racing each other to the woods?

2. Who did Joy first learn about flight from?

3. Why does Joy put Marcus's hands on her stomach?

4. What city do Joy and Marcus end up in after the Mansion?

5. Where does Joy tell the captain of a boat to take her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who always wins Hide-and-Seek?

2. Why do Joy and Marcus get on a choir bus?

3. What happened when Joy was in middle school and went on a whale watching field trip?

4. What does Joy tell herself she will do when she sees her mother for the first time?

5. How do Marcus and Joy travel to Joy's mother's house?

6. What is the exercise Marcus teaches Joy in an Econo Lodge?

7. Why does Joy stay in her closet for two days?

8. What happens when the Psychologist takes a young Joy to the beach?

9. Who helps Joy escape the Hospital?

10. What does Joy tell Marcus about her journey to Florida?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Joy's childhood trauma. What is her understanding of it, and how she does process it throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Joy's relationship with Louis. What is the nature of this relationship, and what makes it so important to Joy? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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