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

2. Who is No Name?

3. Where does Joy and Marcus's last bus stop?

4. Who stops wearing a mask by the end of the novel?

5. What does an Econo Lodge housekeeper tell Joy about the free sandwiches she was given?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is No Name?

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

3. Who does Joy visit on the tenth floor?

4. Who frees a trapped animal from the Mansion?

5. Who always wins Hide-and-Seek?

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

7. What did Marcus and Joy used to do when they caught mice in Ms. Neuman's house?

8. What happens when Joy goes into the tunnel the first time?

9. What does Joy see on the news at a gas station in Tuscaloosa?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay in which you explore the book's depiction of America in the wake of an epidemic. What is this world like, and how is it different from before? Use evidence from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay defining family from Joy's perspective. What makes a family, and in what ways does she seek one out throughout her life? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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