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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 book does Joy steal from the Mansion?

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

3. What does Nelson do when Darcie takes too long to come out of hiding?

4. What is in the basement of the Mansion?

5. Where is the bus Joy boards after a night in the motel headed for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is No Name?

3. Who does Joy visit on the tenth floor?

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

5. Why does Joy stay in her closet for two days?

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

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

8. Who always wins Hide-and-Seek?

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

10. What animal causes a fuss in the Mansion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Joy's life before she was in the Hospital. What was her life like, and what kind of person was she? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

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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