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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. In Chapter 29, what does Journeyman ask the woman in the library that she refuses to answer?
2. What state does Journeyman live in?
3. What kind of town did the town Journeyman is in used to be before The Arrest?
4. In Chapter 6, who does the Cordon tell Journeyman has come asking for him?
5. What institute of higher education did both Journeyman and Todbaum attend?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the warning sign in the section Frost Heaves say, and what association does the narrator make with the sign?
2. In Part II, how did Maddy feel about what happened between her and Todbaum at the Starlet apartments all those years past?
3. What is the Tinderwick relationship with the Cordon?
4. What idea does Maddy contribute to the script for Yet Another World?
5. What is Journeyman's job in Tinderwick and how does he feel about the job?
6. What does Todbaum say about Tinderwick and its environs in the section titled Island and Lighthouse that unsettles Journeyman?
7. How did Journeyman come to be a part of the community in Tinderwick?
8. In what sense do Journeyman's rounds of food delivery expand in Part II?
9. Why do the people of Tinderwick gather around Todbaum's machine, apart from the free coffee he distributes?
10. In what sense does Journeyman think of himself as a perpetual sort of middle-man?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Why is the Lake of Tiredness so named, and what do you think the Lake of Tiredness - and its one resident, Jerome Kormentz, symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Lethem's treatment of the themes of aggression, bullying, and violence, especially as they relate to the relationship between the Cordon and the community of Tinderwick.
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