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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin to question their direction in Section 5?
(a) A new river.
(b) A change in wind.
(c) A new town.
(d) A fork in the road.

2. What does Brother Luke say crutches can be, for Robin?
(a) A way in.
(b) A way out.
(c) A door in the wall.
(d) A hole in the door.

3. What does Robin wonder about John’s harp?
(a) If he can buy one.
(b) If it sings by its self.
(c) If he can make one.
(d) If his father would like it.

4. What is Robin doing when a message arrives for him in Section 5?
(a) He is turning pages for the choir.
(b) He is whittling.
(c) He is swimming.
(d) He is dancing.

5. Who shows Robin how to fasten the pieces of the cross he made?
(a) Brother John.
(b) Brother Luke.
(c) Brother Matthew.
(d) Brother Mark.

6. What is Robin excited to do while making his new creation in Section 4?
(a) Work with wood.
(b) Work at a bench.
(c) Work with Brother Luke.
(d) Work in the shop.

7. What does Robin mean by hunger “saucing” the pasty?
(a) It tasted thick, because they were hungry.
(b) It tasted good, because they were hungry.
(c) It tasted bad, because they were hungry.
(d) It tasted creamy, because they were hungry.

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

9. In Section 3, what does Brother Luke point out is another door in the wall?
(a) History.
(b) Math.
(c) Reading.
(d) Walking.

10. What smell begins making Robin sick as Ellen tries to feed him?
(a) The smell of her perfume.
(b) The smell of his waste.
(c) Putrid fish from the market.
(d) The smell of porridge.

11. How far do Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin have to travel?
(a) Across the river.
(b) Just across town.
(c) Across the ocean.
(d) Over one hundred miles.

12. What does Robin try to do in order to see out the window in Section 1?
(a) Open the window.
(b) Get out of bed.
(c) Clean the window.
(d) Stand on a chair.

13. 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.

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

15. What interrupts the serene day at the river in Section 4?
(a) Girls singing.
(b) Men dancing.
(c) Boys playing.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, what has to happen before word can be sent to Robin’s father?

2. What does Robin help all the little boys make in Section 4?

3. What part of the letter to his father does Robin change in Section 3?

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

5. What does Robin learn in Section 4 that he will soon be using to move around?

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