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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. Where does Jerome Kormentz live?
2. Where does Journeyman take Maddy in Chapter 22?
3. In Chapter 1, what does the warning sign make Journeyman think about?
4. In Chapter 29, what does Journeyman ask the woman in the library that she refuses to answer?
5. What eventually happens with Todbaum's career?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of relationship did Journeyman and Todbaum have during the period when they lived together at the Starlet apartments?
2. In Part II, how did Maddy feel about what happened between her and Todbaum at the Starlet apartments all those years past?
3. Before The Arrest, what did Journeyman do for a living and how did he feel about it?
4. What does Journeyman think of the machine Todbaum arrives to Tinderwick in?
5. What happens between Todbaum and Maddy when Maddy visits Journeyman in Los Angeles?
6. What does the warning sign in the section Frost Heaves say, and what association does the narrator make with the sign?
7. What idea does Maddy contribute to the script for Yet Another World?
8. What part of the Blue Streak is particularly popular with the townspeople of Tinderwick, including, grudgingly, Journeyman?
9. In what sense does Journeyman think of himself as a perpetual sort of middle-man?
10. Why does Maddy get so angry with Journeyman several months after The Arrest, as described in the section "Loss"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Journeyman's relationship with Astur like? What does Journeyman think of Astur, and how does he feel when he is in her company? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring Lethem's treatment of the themes of loss and grief, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why are Tinderwick's residents so eager to listen to and gather around Todbaum and the Blue Streak when Todbaum first gets to town? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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