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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 does Todbaum call Journeyman?
2. Where does Jerome Kormentz live?
3. In Chapter 1, what does the warning sign make Journeyman think about?
4. What does Maddy do to Todbaum that surprises him in Chapter 19?
5. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman he did for the first three years of The Arrest?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens between Todbaum and Maddy when Maddy visits Journeyman in Los Angeles?
2. Why has Jerome Kormentz been exiled by the townspeople and where does he live?
3. What kind of relationship did Journeyman and Todbaum have during the period when they lived together at the Starlet apartments?
4. What is "time averaging" as Journeyman practices it?
5. What does the warning sign in the section Frost Heaves say, and what association does the narrator make with the sign?
6. What idea does Maddy contribute to the script for Yet Another World?
7. In what sense does Journeyman think of himself as a perpetual sort of middle-man?
8. What part of the Blue Streak is particularly popular with the townspeople of Tinderwick, including, grudgingly, Journeyman?
9. What is Journeyman's job in Tinderwick and how does he feel about the job?
10. How does Journeyman feel about the woman who suddenly moves into the town library?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
What does Journeyman's and Todbaum's relationship seem to be based upon? Why do you think Journeyman goes back to work for Todbaum, even after what happens between Todbaum and Maddy? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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