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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Todbaum as he rides into Tinderwick?
(a) His brother.
(b) The Cordon.
(c) Police from New York City.
(d) His best friend.

2. In Chapter 17, what does Todbaum say he feels the Tinderwick area has a lot of?
(a) Morons.
(b) Mussels.
(c) Farms.
(d) Raw potential.

3. What is the name of the farm Maddy helped found?
(a) Granite Head.
(b) Spodosal.
(c) Blue Rind Farms.
(d) The Cordon.

4. How does Journeyman think other writers used to view him?
(a) As a romance novelist.
(b) As a non-writer.
(c) As a skilled movie writer.
(d) As a great writer.

5. What does Journeyman tell Astur is worrying him in Chapter 24?
(a) That Todbaum might want to get back together with Maddy.
(b) That the Cordon are showing signs of heavy fighting.
(c) That they are running out of food.
(d) That Todbaum might want to kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Todbaum say he had in Utah that he loved?

2. What does Journeyman wonder if Todbaum is actually doing in Chapter 17 in Tinderwick?

3. What does Journeyman do in Tinderwick?

4. What birds had lately thrived in Tinderwick?

5. In Chapter 22, what does Maddy tell Journeyman she thinks Todbaum is doing with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, how did Maddy feel about what happened between her and Todbaum at the Starlet apartments all those years past?

2. What does Todbaum say about Tinderwick and its environs in the section titled Island and Lighthouse that unsettles Journeyman?

3. What is Maddy an expert in?

4. How does Journeyman feel about the woman who suddenly moves into the town library?

5. Why has Jerome Kormentz been exiled by the townspeople and where does he live?

6. What is Astur's background?

7. What does the warning sign in the section Frost Heaves say, and what association does the narrator make with the sign?

8. What was the result of The Arrest?

9. What kind of relationship did Journeyman and Todbaum have during the period when they lived together at the Starlet apartments?

10. What does Eke tell Journeyman in the section titled An Old Friend that absolutely shocks Journeyman?

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