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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. What is in the basement of the Mansion?

2. Which person from Joy's past once lived in Rome?

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

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

5. Which friend of Joy's dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the residents of the Mansion have a race through the woods?

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

4. What animal causes a fuss in the Mansion?

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

6. Who does Joy visit on the tenth floor?

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

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

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

10. What does Marcus predict about Joy's baby?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of loneliness and isolation in the wake of an epidemic.

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