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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 is one way in which Todbaum has changed since Journeyman has last seen him?
2. What is Kormentz calling his book?
3. What is another term for the machine Todbaum is piloting?
4. What is the name of the farm Maddy helped found?
5. Who was Tinderwick's mayor at one time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the result of The Arrest?
2. Why do the people of Tinderwick gather around Todbaum's machine, apart from the free coffee he distributes?
3. In Part II, how did Maddy feel about what happened between her and Todbaum at the Starlet apartments all those years past?
4. Why does Maddy get so angry with Journeyman several months after The Arrest, as described in the section "Loss"?
5. Before The Arrest, what did Journeyman do for a living and how did he feel about it?
6. What is Astur's background?
7. What does the warning sign in the section Frost Heaves say, and what association does the narrator make with the sign?
8. What does Eke tell Journeyman in the section titled An Old Friend that absolutely shocks Journeyman?
9. Why do the residents of Tinderwick mostly call Journeyman "Sandy"?
10. What immediate problems does Todbaum cause by arriving in the Blue Streak?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ideas or themes do you think Lethem is trying to communicate to the reader through Todbaum's and Journeyman's discussion about dystopian or post-apocalyptic stories on pages 175 - 77? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What is Maddy's and Journeyman's nuclear family background, and how do you think their upbringing and their relationships with their parents affects the paths of their lives, especially following The Arrest? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Journeyman feel about the people from the Cordon? How do the rest of the Tinderwick residents feel about the Cordon? Why do they feel the way they do about the Cordon, and what are the main differences between the people and cultures of Tinderwick and the Cordon? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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