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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. What does Joy notice about her jeans one day?

3. Who usually handles the light source in the Mansion?

4. Who says, "Whoever has the light has the power?"

5. What is the last thing Joy does before she leaves the Econo Lodge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who helps Joy escape the Hospital?

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

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

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

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

7. Who always wins Hide-and-Seek?

8. Who is No Name?

9. What does Joy tell herself she will do when she sees her mother for the first time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine Joy's relationship with Marcus. What are they to each other, and why is Marcus an important figure in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Joy's childhood trauma. What is her understanding of it, and how she does process it throughout the story?

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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