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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Journeyman consider the Blue Streak and Todbaum's appearance could possibly be a harbinger of?
(a) The end of The Arrest.
(b) The appearance of the Messiah.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) The return of Journeyman's own self-confidence.

2. Who tells Journeyman that the Cordon would like a meeting with Tinderwick in Chapter 37?
(a) Jerome Kormentz.
(b) Todbaum.
(c) Dahlia Freedle.
(d) Carol Leeds.

3. Why does Journeyman envy Jane and Lucius in Chapter 43?
(a) They are good storytellers.
(b) They have more money than he does.
(c) They seem like they are really in love.
(d) Maddy is more relaxed around them than she is around him.

4. What does Journeyman tell Todbaum he will come back for that night in Chapter 45?
(a) The liquor.
(b) The story.
(c) The coffee.
(d) The apples.

5. What is one rumor about the Cordon in Chapter 52?
(a) That the people were moving away for good.
(b) That it had a lot of fireballs to work with.
(c) That it had guns that worked.
(d) That it was planning a sort of surgical strike action against Tinderwick.

6. What does Todbaum say the woman who used to ride with him in the Blue Streak really wanted?
(a) To steal the machine from him.
(b) To take him home to her parents.
(c) To have sex with him.
(d) To have him tell her stories.

7. Who is the woman Todbaum tells the assembled crowd used to ride with him in the Blue Streak for a while in Chapter 46?
(a) Sally.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Pittsburgh.

8. What does Journeyman feel the Cordon people refuse in their stubborness?
(a) Food.
(b) Any acceptance of responsibility.
(c) Religion.
(d) Even Journeyman's curiosity.

9. Who is one of Tinderwick's main representatives at the meeting in Chapter 37?
(a) Harlon Mobetree.
(b) Maddy.
(c) Todbaum.
(d) Cynthia Pitchings.

10. Why does Todbaum tell Journeyman he thinks the Blue Streak is capable of learning?
(a) It was built by the smartest person in the world.
(b) It is part human.
(c) It is AI.
(d) It has actually spoken to Todbaum.

11. What does Kormentz believe the townspeople of Tinderwick have done to him?
(a) Promoted him to judge.
(b) Sacrificed him to the Cordon.
(c) Told Todbaum he can kill Kormentz.
(d) Forgiven him for his crimes.

12. What does Edwin Gorse tell Journeyman Tinderwick must do in Chapter 47?
(a) Try to find a way to make the guns work again.
(b) Leave the island immediately.
(c) Try to store more food for the winter.
(d) Mobilize its resources to defend Todbaum and his machine.

13. What do Eke and the other man from the Cordon do near the Blue Streak in Founder's Park while Journeyman watches surreptitiously?
(a) Read to each other.
(b) Swim.
(c) Shoot Todbaum.
(d) Engage in sex acts.

14. What book does Journeyman find Maddy reading in Chapter 31?
(a) Earth Abides.
(b) Brave New World.
(c) Fahrenheit 451.
(d) Yet Another World.

15. Whose voice does Journeyman think Todbaum is imitating in Chapter 32?
(a) Journeyman's.
(b) Maddy's.
(c) Eke's.
(d) Edwin Gorse's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Todbaum ask Journeyman to give Maddy in Chapter 33?

2. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman that he and Maddy are destined to do together in Chapter 33?

3. What does Maddy tell Journeyman that the Blue Streak is probably safer than?

4. What food does Mike Raritan make to help sweeten the pot with dealings with the Cordon?

5. Which of the following summarizes Todbaum's view of human nature?

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