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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 while Joy and Marcus are on a boat?

2. Who is Darcie?

3. Who releases the animal stuck in a trap door in the Mansion?

4. What game do Joy and Marcus play by themselves?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who always wins Hide-and-Seek?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who are Darcie and Nelson?

8. Who does Joy visit on the tenth floor?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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