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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Quentin Maslow come to live in Tinderwick?
(a) He was a houseguest there when The Arrest happened.
(b) It was where his late wife was from.
(c) It was where he visited his adult children in the winter.
(d) It was always his family home.

3. Where does Astur want to send Eke and Walt in Chapter 40?
(a) The Cordon.
(b) Quarry Island.
(c) Granite Head.
(d) Brunswick.

4. What changes in December for Todbaum?
(a) His audience shrinks.
(b) He feels really ill.
(c) His coffee maker breaks.
(d) The people send him less food.

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

6. What phrase of Kormentz's keeps echoing in Journeyman's ears?
(a) We love ourselves.
(b) We lose ourselves.
(c) Who are we?
(d) What are you?

7. 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 return of Journeyman's own self-confidence.
(d) The end of the world.

8. What does the Cordon man tell Journeyman to leave for the Cordon that he does not want to leave?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His bicycle.
(c) His entire satchel.
(d) His water.

9. What does Journeyman ask the woman in the library to do in Chapter 41?
(a) Come to see Todbaum with him.
(b) Go swimming.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Come to dinner.

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

11. In Chapter 36, what has Kormentz insisted on doing when Journeyman comes with deliveries?
(a) Asking him to ask Maddy to let him back into the community.
(b) Asking Journeyman to get him fancy pens and paper.
(c) Giving him homemade furniture.
(d) Reading to Journeyman aloud from his pillow book.

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

13. What does Journeyman finally ask Maddy directly in Chapter 43?
(a) If she is thinking of leaving Spodosal.
(b) If she is going to write the book she is always talking about.
(c) If they will have enough food for that winter.
(d) Whether she will go to see Todbaum.

14. Who lives alone in the Grange?
(a) Herbert Walker.
(b) Quentin Maslow.
(c) Edwin Gorse.
(d) Theodore Nowlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Journeyman that the Cordon would like a meeting with Tinderwick in Chapter 37?

2. Who does Journeyman ride on Astur's boat with in Chapter 48?

3. What is one rumor about the Cordon in Chapter 52?

4. What does the woman in the library ask Journeyman for in Chapter 42?

5. What does Journeyman lie to Todbaum about in Chapter 45?

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