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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 Kormentz give Journeyman in Chapter 50?
(a) His saxophone.
(b) His Pillow Book.
(c) His money.
(d) His good knives.

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

3. What does Journeyman think are the only two categories of humans that Todbaum recognizes?
(a) Punters and yahoos.
(b) Hunters and hunted.
(c) Cooks and Capers.
(d) Idiots and Geniuses.

4. What does the Cordon man tell Journeyman to leave for the Cordon that he does not want to leave?
(a) His entire satchel.
(b) His bicycle.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His water.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Journeyman ride on Astur's boat with in Chapter 48?

2. Who is the woman Todbaum tells the assembled crowd used to ride with him in the Blue Streak for a while in Chapter 46?

3. What does Journeyman ask the woman in the library to do in Chapter 41?

4. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman that the "self" is?

5. Who is set to accompany Todbaum in his next journey in the Blue Streak?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Journeyman tell Maddy in the section By the Time Maddy Went to Founder's Park that unsettles him?

3. Why is Journeyman envious of Jane and Lucius?

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

5. 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?

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

7. Why is Delia Limetree upset during the meeting with the Cordon in Part III?

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

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

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

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