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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. Whose voice does Journeyman think Todbaum is imitating in Chapter 32?
(a) Eke's.
(b) Edwin Gorse's.
(c) Maddy's.
(d) Journeyman's.

2. Where does Astur want to send Eke and Walt in Chapter 40?
(a) The Cordon.
(b) Quarry Island.
(c) Granite Head.
(d) Brunswick.

3. How does the Blue Streak look at night?
(a) It is dark.
(b) It is like a lit television screen, in blue-ish hue.
(c) It is invisible.
(d) It is lit dimly in rainbow colors.

4. How does Journeyman feel at seeing all the activity on Quarry Island in Chapter 49?
(a) Happy.
(b) Motivated.
(c) Left out.
(d) Angry.

5. Who is one of Tinderwick's main representatives at the meeting in Chapter 37?
(a) Maddy.
(b) Todbaum.
(c) Cynthia Pitchings.
(d) Harlon Mobetree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the woman in the library ask Journeyman for in Chapter 42?

3. What does Maddy tell Journeyman that Dodie Metzger found in the woods recently?

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

5. Who is one of Todbaum's most loyal listeners?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What do Jane and Lucius specialize in?

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

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

8. What does Todbaum reveal to Journeyman and the rest of the Tinderwickians in Part IV that is different from what he has said before about his journeys in the Blue Streak?

9. 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?

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

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