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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 activities does Dr. Bek eventually put an end to?

2. Who gives Joy free sandwiches and coffee on the street?

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

4. What is Centralia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darcie do in the basement?

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

3. What does Joy tell Marcus to do when she puts his hands on her stomach?

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

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

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

7. What animal causes a fuss in the Mansion?

8. Who frees a trapped animal from the Mansion?

9. Who does Joy visit on the tenth floor?

10. What happens when Joy meets Marcus on the bus to Birmingham?

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 Joy's relationship to and understanding of Dr. Bek. What does she think of him? Does this opinion change throughout the novel? How?

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