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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name is on the tag of the Admission Coordinator when Ma and Jack first enter the hospital in "After"?
(a) Pilar.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Clay.
(d) Sisk.

2. Who wrote The Lorax?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Dr. Seuss.
(c) Lewis Carroll.
(d) Roald Dahl.

3. Where does Grandma say Ma's father is right now when she arrives at the hospital in "After"?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Canberra.
(d) New York.

4. What Shakespearean play does Ma describe when she explains "Plan B" to Jack in "Dying"?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

5. What does Ma do with Jack's underwear at the police precinct in "After"?
(a) She gives them to the nurse.
(b) She burns them.
(c) She washes them in the sink.
(d) She throws them away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma tell Jack he'll be wearing when he escapes in "Dying"?

2. What does Ma say Old Nick does not have in "Dying"?

3. What is the "Plan B" that Ma comes up with in "Dying"?

4. What word does Ma describe as when the bank wil take away Old Nick's house in "Dying"?

5. What is the room number of Jack's and Ma's room at the hospital in "After"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps do Ma and Jack take when they begin to enact their first escape plan in "Dying"?

2. How are Ma and Jack received when they arrive at the Cumberland Clinic in "After"?

3. What causes Jack distress about the shower in "After"?

4. What is revealed regarding "the first baby" in "After"?

5. What is the "Plan B" that Ma develops in "Dying"?

6. What does Officer Oh ask Jack when she meets him? Why?

7. How does Jack feel about the change in routines in "After"?

8. How would you describe Jack's first encounter with Outside in "Dying"?

9. What do Ma and Grandma discuss during Grandma's first visit in "After"?

10. What is the first plan that Ma develops for escape in "Dying"?

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