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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 does Brother Luke do in Section 1 to help Robin’s muscles?

2. Why don’t Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin sleep in the forest the first night of their journey?

3. Why does Brother Luke say he wants to teach Robin the specific ability he begins teaching the boy in Section 4?

4. Who teaches Robin about the stars?

5. What does Robin begin crafting for himself in Section 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain what Brother Luke means when he says reading is another door in the wall.

6. Describe how Robin comes to the nickname Crookshanks.

7. Describe what happens to cause Robin’s outburst in Section 3, and Brother Matthew’s response.

8. What is expected of Robin, in terms of his future, and why is this at risk?

9. Describe why Robin wishes to read and write.

10. Describe the afternoon on the road in Section 5. Why does Robin develop the urge to walk, and what does the peasant tell them about hunting for wood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The language in the novel is period specific. What does the use of the language add to the story? Would you have been as engrossed in the book had the language been more modern? Would it have been as convincing of a tale? What does this tell you about the use of period language in a period piece? Did you find the conversations easy to follow at the beginning of the novel? What did you notice by the end of the novel, in terms of your ability to comprehend conversations?

Essay Topic 2

When Robin accidentally slips using the chisel, and breaks his cross, what is his reaction? What does this show, in terms of his character? What is Brother Matthew’s response? What does he mean when he notes that a bad temper is not the best teacher? What does this lesson teach Robin?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the title phrase “door in the wall” is used. What does this phrase mean to you? Who uses this term in the novel? What does it come to mean for Robin by the end of the novel? What are Robin’s doors throughout the book?

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