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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 3, what does Robin say to his father in the letter about his legs?
(a) He says they are like two hamburger patties
(b) He says they are like two sausages.
(c) He says they are like two boat anchors.
(d) He says they are like two dead weights.

2. How does Brother Luke get Robin to eat?
(a) He asks him to eat until he does so.
(b) He doesn’t.
(c) He forces him to eat.
(d) He merely waits patiently.

3. What is Robin’s immediate concern about his new mode of transportation in Section 4?
(a) What his mother will think.
(b) What Brother Luke will think.
(c) What his friends will think.
(d) What his father will think.

4. In Section 2, what does Robin begin working on after he finishes his first project?
(a) A cross.
(b) Masks.
(c) Crutches.
(d) A doll.

5. Where is Robin’s mother at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is in Lindsay.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She is in Wales.
(d) She is caring for the Queen.

6. What can Brother Hubert teach Robin?
(a) The stars.
(b) History.
(c) English.
(d) Reading.

7. What does Ellen do in response to Robin’s outburst regarding the porridge?
(a) She ignores him.
(b) She coddles him.
(c) She leaves.
(d) She hugs him.

8. What does Brother Luke originally take Robin to the river to do?
(a) Bathe.
(b) Fish.
(c) Wash clothes.
(d) Swim.

9. Why don’t Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin sleep in the forest the first night of their journey?
(a) It is too dark.
(b) It is too wet.
(c) There are wild animals.
(d) It is too cold.

10. In Section 1, what does Brother Luke explain has happened to Ellen?
(a) She has quit.
(b) She has been stricken with plague.
(c) She has retired.
(d) She has been killed.

11. What happened two days after Robin’s tenth birthday?
(a) He was sent to his father.
(b) He was taken to Lindsay.
(c) He was taken hostage.
(d) He became paralyzed.

12. Who reads Robin the letter he receives in Section 5?
(a)
(b)
(c) He reads it himself.
(d)

13. Who is to carry a letter to Robin’s father in Section 3?
(a) Brother Matthew.
(b) John-go-in-the-Wynd.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) Brother Luke.

14. What does Geoffrey call Robin?
(a) Crookshanks.
(b) Cripple.
(c) Dog boy.
(d) Master.

15. What does Robin do with the porridge in Section 1?
(a) He eats it.
(b) He ignores it.
(c) He poisons it.
(d) He throws it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool is Robin allowed to use to make his cross?

2. What do Brother Luke and Brother Matthew devise to help Robin travel?

3. What causes Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin to question their direction in Section 5?

4. What does Brother Luke begin teaching Robin to do in Section 4?

5. Who is Millicent?

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