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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 gives Joy free sandwiches and coffee on the street?

2. What field trip did Joy go on in middle school?

3. What news story does Joy see in a gas station?

4. Whose child is Joy carrying?

5. What happened during Joy's middle school field trip?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Joy visit on the tenth floor?

7. What do the residents of the Mansion do on most nights?

8. Who frees a trapped animal from the Mansion?

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

10. What animal causes a fuss in the Mansion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Write an essay in which you analyze whether Joy is a reliable narrator or not. Include evidence from the text to support your assertions.

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