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

2. What does Todbaum say the woman who used to ride with him in the Blue Streak really wanted?
(a) To take him home to her parents.
(b) To steal the machine from him.
(c) To have him tell her stories.
(d) To have sex with him.

3. What is one rumor about the Cordon in Chapter 52?
(a) That it had guns that worked.
(b) That it had a lot of fireballs to work with.
(c) That the people were moving away for good.
(d) That it was planning a sort of surgical strike action against Tinderwick.

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

5. What does Maddy tell Journeyman that the Blue Streak is probably safer than?
(a) Running in the shallows of the bay.
(b) Shooting bears.
(c) Camping in the forest.
(d) Swimming in the local quarries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Journeyman feel at seeing all the activity on Quarry Island in Chapter 49?

3. What remains in Journeyman's pocket in Chapter 34, not delivered to its intended recipient?

4. What does Journeyman lie to Todbaum about in Chapter 45?

5. How does the Blue Streak look at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. What do Jane and Lucius specialize in?

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

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

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

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

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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