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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Cordon use for transport?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Journeyman ask the woman in the library that she refuses to answer?

3. What is another term for the machine Todbaum is piloting?

4. Where does Todbaum tell Journeyman he started his trip from?

5. In Chapter 25, what does Journeyman think he has lost that upsets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Journeyman feel about Astur, Maddy's partner?

2. In what sense does Journeyman think of himself as a perpetual sort of middle-man?

3. What does Todbaum say about Tinderwick and its environs in the section titled Island and Lighthouse that unsettles Journeyman?

4. What kind of relationship did Journeyman and Todbaum have during the period when they lived together at the Starlet apartments?

5. How did Journeyman come to be a part of the community in Tinderwick?

6. Why has Jerome Kormentz been exiled by the townspeople and where does he live?

7. What does Journeyman think of the machine Todbaum arrives to Tinderwick in?

8. Why do the residents of Tinderwick mostly call Journeyman "Sandy"?

9. What part of the Blue Streak is particularly popular with the townspeople of Tinderwick, including, grudgingly, Journeyman?

10. What is the Tinderwick relationship with the Cordon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the combination of Todbaum's appearance in Tinderwick, and the resulting aggression from the Cordon, alter both Journeyman's perceptions of himself and his relationship with his sister Maddy? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What kind of a storyteller is Journeyman? What kind of a storyteller is Todbaum? Why is the topic of storytelling important in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusion.

Essay Topic 3

Edwin Gorse takes a stand in the later parts of this novel, ultimately dying in the name of a set of beliefs. What principles, ethics, morals, or other beliefs do you think Gorse believed himself to be dying for, and how does Gorse's infatuation with Todbaum inform his beliefs right before his death? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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