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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 image is on the bandage that the doctor puts on Jack's injuries in "After"?

2. What do Jack and Ma have for breakfast on the day that they will enact Plan B in "Dying"?

3. What holiday is it when Ma and Jack wake up after their first night at the hospital in "After"?

4. What object fascinates Jack at the police headquarters in "After"?

5. What does Old Nick bring to Ma on the day of the escape in "Dying"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is significant about Jack's newfound desire to go Outside in the beginning of "Dying"?

7. What does Grandma bring on her second visit in "After"? What do she and Ma discuss?

8. What does Ma do to Jack in order to make their "act" belivable for their first escape plan?

9. Who is the lawyer Ma meets with in "After"? What does he tell Ma?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of family in Room. What does family mean to Jack, to Ma, and to Ma's family? Why do you think that Ma has always been open about being adopted? How does Ma's relationship with her parents change after she's escaped confinement?

Essay Topic 2

What is Jack's understanding of Old Nick and his relationship with Ma? How does this understanding change in the course of the story? What does Jack think about Old Nick? How does he describe Old Nick's appearance and behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Ma's plans for escape with Jack in Room. What is Ma's original plan? Why does it fail? What is Ma's "Plan B"? How does Jack feel about this plan? How do Ma and Jack prepare for Plan B?

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