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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 is the last thing Joy does before she leaves the Econo Lodge?

2. What is Centralia?

3. Who did Joy first learn about flight from?

4. What has Joy begun to think of the sickness as?

5. Who gives Joy free sandwiches and coffee on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Joy meets Marcus on the bus to Birmingham?

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

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

4. What happens when Joy goes into the tunnel the first time?

5. Who frees a trapped animal from the Mansion?

6. How does Joy pay for her one night stay in a motel in Kansas City?

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

8. Who is No Name?

9. What did Marcus and Joy used to do when they caught mice in Ms. Neuman's house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Joy's relationship with Louis. What is the nature of this relationship, and what makes it so important to Joy? Use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the role of the nurses and doctors in the Hospital. What are they there to do, and to what lengths are they willing to go to carry out their mission?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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