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

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

3. Who is set to accompany Todbaum in his next journey in the Blue Streak?
(a) Astur.
(b) Gorse.
(c) Nowlin.
(d) Maddy.

4. What does Journeyman consider the Blue Streak and Todbaum's appearance could possibly be a harbinger of?
(a) The appearance of the Messiah.
(b) The return of Journeyman's own self-confidence.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) The end of The Arrest.

5. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman he "plundered" outside of Worcester?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Water.
(c) Money.
(d) Liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Journeyman hide his disappointment from Maddy about in Chapter 49?

2. What does Journeyman feel anxious about in Chapter 31?

3. What does Journeyman finally ask Maddy directly in Chapter 43?

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

5. Who offers to take Delia Limetree's son under his or her wing in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Todbaum's napkin "contract" for Maddy in Part III?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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