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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 does hearing Maddy's voice call out to him remind him of in Chapter 49?
(a) Their childhood summers at the beach.
(b) Their time in Los Angeles together.
(c) Their time playing football together.
(d) Their old dog Spike.

2. What does Maddy tell Journeyman that Dodie Metzger found in the woods recently?
(a) Exotic flowers.
(b) A herd of deer.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Matsutake.

3. Why does Journeyman envy Jane and Lucius in Chapter 43?
(a) They seem like they are really in love.
(b) They are good storytellers.
(c) Maddy is more relaxed around them than she is around him.
(d) They have more money than he does.

4. 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?
(a) She tried to shoot him once.
(b) She bargained away all their fuel in a card game.
(c) She drank all his coffee.
(d) She never would have sex with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Journeyman intend to visit in Chapter 40?

3. Who does Journeyman try to convince to come to Quarry Island with him in Chapter 56?

4. In Chapter 45, what does Journeyman think when he sees Todbaum?

5. What changes in December for Todbaum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nowlin's plan in Part IV?

2. What do the Cordon people ask for during their meeting with Tinderwick in Part III?

3. Why does it seem that Edwin Gorse plans to stay loyal to Todbaum to the end?

4. What odd habit did Todbaum used to have when scouring other books for ideas for dystopian tales?

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

6. In Part III, what does Journeyman propose to get to know the woman in the library better and what does he find out about her?

7. Why is Journeyman envious of Jane and Lucius?

8. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman about his thoughts on dystopian and post-apocalyptic stories?

9. What does Journeyman observe the two Cordon men doing who are camped out at the edge of Founder's Park in Part III?

10. What seems to be the consensus of the Tinderwickians and the Granite Head community about the Cordon's request?

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