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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Brother Matthew’s response to who Robin blames in Section 3 for his own error?
(a) He warns that Robin must learn honesty.
(b) He warns that Robin must learn humility.
(c) He warns that Robin must learn patience.
(d) He warns that Robin must learn restraint.

2. What does Brother Luke give Robin to eat when he first meets him?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Apples.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cornmeal.

3. What does Robin ask Brother Luke to teach him?
(a) To read.
(b) To sew.
(c) To sing.
(d) To cook

4. 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) There are wild animals.
(c) It is too wet.
(d) It is too cold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin have to travel?

2. Who reads Robin the letter he receives in Section 5?

3. What interrupts the serene day at the river in Section 4?

4. Who or what does Robin initially blame for his accident in Section 3?

5. Who arrives to finally help Robin in Section 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what happened to Robin that makes him require assistance.

2. Explain Robin’s secret in Section 4. What can he now do, and what does this show?

3. What does John-go-in-the-Wynd bring back for Robin in Section 5, and what is its significance to the novel, and to Robin?

4. Explain what Robin begins crafting for himself in Section 4, and why it is so important for him to craft this item.

5. What does Robin mean when he says “hunger sauced it better than the finest cook could have done”?

6. Describe Brother Luke’s arrival in Section 1, and Robin’s reaction.

7. Where are Robin’s mother and father in Section 1?

8. Describe Robin’s letter to his father in Section 3. What does it say, and what is the tone?

9. What does John de Bureford write in his letter to Robin? What does this mean for the young man?

10. Describe the first morning on the road in Section 5. What did the group eat, and who did they meet?

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