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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 helps Joy escape the Hospital?

2. What is in the basement of the Mansion?

3. Who forces Joy out of her closet?

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

5. What kinds of boats are docked at the marina?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Darcie and Nelson?

4. What does Joy tell Marcus about her journey to Florida?

5. Who helps Joy escape the Hospital?

6. What does Marcus predict about Joy's baby?

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

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

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

10. Who frees a trapped animal from the Mansion?

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 examine Joy's relationship to and understanding of the Hospital. Does it change throughout the story? How? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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