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

2. What is one specific rumor about Todbaum and the Cordon?
(a) That Todbaum wants to kill everyone from the Cordon.
(b) That Todbaum wants to join the Cordon.
(c) That Todbaum and the Cordon are working together.
(d) That the Cordon is using Todbaum as an excuse to attack Tinderwick.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice does Journeyman think Todbaum is imitating in Chapter 32?

2. What does Journeyman wonder specifically about the lighthouse in Chapter 50?

3. In Chapter 53, what is Kormentz using to keep his fire going?

4. What does Delia Limetree's son ask to do in Chapter 37?

5. What does Todbaum tell the assembled crowd he was mad at the woman who rode in the Blue Streak for a time with him about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Journeyman try to convince to come to Quarry Island with him in Part IV, and what is this person's reaction to his entreaties?

2. How does Journeyman feel when he first sets foot on Quarry Island in Part IV?

3. What does Todbaum ask Journeyman to give to Maddy for him in Part II?

4. How is Todbaum's story about Pittsburgh a turning point for him and the people of Tinderwick who come to hear his stories?

5. Why does Kormentz tell Journeyman to take all his writings with him in Part IV?

6. What does Journeyman think about Todbaum when he sees him for the first time again in Part IV?

7. What are Maddy's plans for Eke and Walt that become clear in Part IV?

8. When did Journeyman first realize Maddy was a better swimmer than he was, and why does he think of that in Part IV?

9. What do Jane and Lucius specialize in?

10. What does Maddy do when she finally visits the Blue Streak in Founder's Park?

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