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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. What birds had lately thrived in Tinderwick?
3. What was Kormentz's crime?
4. What state does Journeyman live in?
5. What kind of beverage does Todbaum's vehicle produce?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Journeyman come to be a part of the community in Tinderwick?
2. Why has Jerome Kormentz been exiled by the townspeople and where does he live?
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 do the residents of Tinderwick mostly call Journeyman "Sandy"?
5. How does Journeyman feel about the woman who suddenly moves into the town library?
6. In what sense does Journeyman think of himself as a perpetual sort of middle-man?
7. What is Astur's background?
8. What kind of relationship did Journeyman and Todbaum have during the period when they lived together at the Starlet apartments?
9. What part of the Blue Streak is particularly popular with the townspeople of Tinderwick, including, grudgingly, Journeyman?
10. Before The Arrest, what did Journeyman do for a living and how did he feel about it?
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
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 would you describe the concept of "time averaging" as Journeyman thinks of it? What is the purpose and meaning of time averaging for Journeyman? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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