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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. Where did Rick travel to Kansas from?

2. Why did Joy go to the museum before she went to the Hospital?

3. Where did Dr. Bek work in the 80s?

4. What does Christina give the narrator?

5. Who are the pilgrims?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which one of Joy's friends in the Hospital gets sent to the tenth floor?

2. Why does a pilgrim join the Hospital?

3. What does Dr. Bek say about the recovery?

4. Which Floor Group does a pilgrim join?

5. What is the new pilgrim's name and where did he come from?

6. Who goes out to find Christopher?

7. What puts an end to the patients' rebellion?

8. What does Joy do in the basement when she sneaks down there during a blizzard?

9. What does Dr. Bek say are the two types of patients in the Hospital?

10. Who is Dr. Bek?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Joy's experience looking for her mother in the tunnel at the Mansion. Why does Joy choose to go to the tunnel time after time, and why is this such a difficult experience for her? Use evidence from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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