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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What story seems to drive the most people away from Todbaum?
(a) His story about Kansas.
(b) His story about Times Square.
(c) His story about Pittsburgh.
(d) His story about The Road.

3. What does Journeyman lie to Todbaum about in Chapter 45?
(a) He says the townspeople hate Todbaum.
(b) He says the townspeople want the Blue Streak for themselves.
(c) He says he can defend the colony himself.
(d) He says he gave the napkin to Maddy, but he did not.

4. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman that he and Maddy are destined to do together in Chapter 33?
(a) Jumpstart history.
(b) Have children.
(c) Build a new farm together.
(d) Get married.

5. What does Maddy try to do when she visits the Blue Streak?
(a) Disable the Blue Streak.
(b) Open Todbaum's hatch with tools.
(c) Sing to Todbaum.
(d) Plant a bomb on The Blue Streak.

6. In Chapter 35, what does Journeyman try to think about sometimes, but finds difficult to think about?
(a) His childhood.
(b) Religion.
(c) The Cordon.
(d) Kormentz's trial.

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

8. Which two women from Granite Head come to hear Todbaum's stories in Chapter 46?
(a) Willow and Stacey.
(b) Amy and Clara.
(c) Bennie and Henrietta.
(d) Sarah and Eden.

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

10. What does Journeyman feel anxious about in Chapter 31?
(a) When or if Maddy will visit Todbaum in Founder's Park.
(b) Running out of food.
(c) His boat journey coming up.
(d) His job security.

11. In Chapter 45, what does Journeyman think when he sees Todbaum?
(a) Todbaum looks high.
(b) Todbaum looks like he has gained a lot of weight recently.
(c) Todbuam looks completely rejuvenated.
(d) Todbaum looks very old and possibly ill.

12. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman he "plundered" outside of Worcester?
(a) Money.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Water.
(d) Liquor.

13. What food does Mike Raritan make to help sweeten the pot with dealings with the Cordon?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Fish stew.
(c) Fresh scones.
(d) Mackrel-and-potato fritters.

14. What does Delia Limetree's son ask to do in Chapter 37?
(a) Join the Cordon.
(b) Set sail for Brunswick.
(c) Go to the library.
(d) Have more than his share of food.

15. Who is one of Todbaum's most loyal listeners?
(a) Astur.
(b) Theodore Nowlin.
(c) Maddy.
(d) Lucius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Edwin Gorse done for a living before The Arrest?

2. How does Quentin Maslow come to live in Tinderwick?

3. What does Todbaum say the woman who used to ride with him in the Blue Streak really wanted?

4. What kind of nap does Journeyman take in Chapter 34?

5. Who goes to the Cordon from Tinderwick with the Limetree son in Chapter 39?

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