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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) Fish stew.
(b) Fresh scones.
(c) Chocolate chip cookies.
(d) Mackrel-and-potato fritters.

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

3. What does Journeyman hide his disappointment from Maddy about in Chapter 49?
(a) The fact that Maddy has already met Drenka.
(b) That Maddy seems to like Nowlin better than she likes him.
(c) That Todbaum seems to like Maddy better.
(d) That Maddy has found a new knife.

4. What does Journeyman ask the woman in the library to do in Chapter 41?
(a) Go swimming.
(b) Come to see Todbaum with him.
(c) Come to dinner.
(d) Go for a walk.

5. What does Todbaum ask Journeyman to give Maddy in Chapter 33?
(a) A type of contract.
(b) Money.
(c) A ring.
(d) An espresso.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of Tinderwick's main representatives at the meeting in Chapter 37?

2. What does Todbaum say the woman who used to ride with him in the Blue Streak really wanted?

3. What is one thing Journeyman is an expert in, as explained in Chapter 44?

4. What is one rumor about the Cordon in Chapter 52?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Jane and Lucius specialize in?

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

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

5. What does Kormentz begin doing in Part III when Journeyman brings his deliveries that Journeyman hates?

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

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

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

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