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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, other than Darcie, decides to perform a ritual in the basement?

2. What happens when Joy sees a mob of people dressed in black with white faces?

3. What city does Joy take a bus to?

4. What happens when young Joy goes to the beach with the Psychologist?

5. Who claims they do not like races?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Marcus and Joy wind up in a church?

4. What do Marcus and Joy find burning in the front yard of the Mansion one morning?

5. What do the people in black with white faces do to Joy and Marcus?

6. What animal causes a fuss in the Mansion?

7. How does Joy pay for her one night stay in a motel in Kansas City?

8. What does Joy hope will help her dying friend?

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

10. Who do Joy and Marcus get sandwiches and coffees from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine Joy's experience looking for her mother in the tunnel at the Mansion. Why does Joy choose to go to the tunnel time after time, and why is this such a difficult experience for her? Use evidence from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Joy's relationship to and understanding of the Hospital. Does it change throughout the story? How? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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