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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. What happens as a result of the life-altering event that changes the world?
(a) All of the plant life on earth dies.
(b) A huge asteroid hits the earth.
(c) A virus sweeps through humanity and kills millions.
(d) Machinery and technology completely stops working.

2. What is one piece of physical proof that Todbaum had once been attacked in his vehicle?
(a) A crack in the door.
(b) The missing windshield.
(c) The missing gas tank.
(d) A bullet lodged in the windshield.

3. What do the Cordon use for transport?
(a) Electric scooters.
(b) Cars and trucks.
(c) Mostly bicycles.
(d) Horses and motorcycles.

4. What was Kormentz's crime?
(a) He is an arsonist.
(b) He stole from the bank.
(c) He molested young girls.
(d) He committed insurance fraud.

5. What past project of theirs does Todbaum mention to Journeyman in Chapter 18?
(a) The Coven.
(b) Yet Another World.
(c) Net Potential.
(d) Beholden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Journeyman live in?

2. Where does Journeyman steer Todbaum and his machine?

3. In Chapter 6, which representative from the Cordon meets Journeyman on the road?

4. Why does Journeyman suspect Todbaum was able to survive the Cordon?

5. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman the portal he used to get into the vessel also acted as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before The Arrest, what did Journeyman do for a living and how did he feel about it?

2. What is the Tinderwick relationship with the Cordon?

3. Why does Maddy get so angry with Journeyman several months after The Arrest, as described in the section "Loss"?

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

5. What is Journeyman's job in Tinderwick and how does he feel about the job?

6. In what sense does Journeyman think of himself as a perpetual sort of middle-man?

7. What does Journeyman think of the machine Todbaum arrives to Tinderwick in?

8. What is Astur's background?

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

10. What part of the Blue Streak is particularly popular with the townspeople of Tinderwick, including, grudgingly, Journeyman?

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