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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 game do the boys in Section 4 play in the sand?

2. What do Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin roast in the fire in Section 5?

3. Why was Brother Luke called Chaucer?

4. In Section 3, what does Robin say to his father in the letter about his legs?

5. Why does the adventure in Section 5 please Robin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the journey to St. Mark’s.

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

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

4. Explain what Brother Luke does to help Robin gain upper body strength, and how he helps him when his muscles tire.

5. What happens when Robin goes fishing, and how does this help him gain upper body strength, and determination?

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

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

8. What does Brother Luke say about the stars, and what does he question as a result?

9. Describe what Robin sees and hears during his first days at St. Mark’s.

10. Explain how Robin comes to whittle a boat and a cross.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The feudal system was in place during the writing of the novel, and this system placed citizens according to their social class. What social class is Robin? Brother Luke? Sir Peter? How do their various classes dictate what these individuals do in the novel? Would Robin be as catered to if he were he the son of a laborer? The son of a king? What does this say about the servant class of London at the time?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The plague is rampant throughout London at the beginning of the novel. How does the plague affect Robin directly? How does it affect Brother Luke, and the other monks? What is the effect of the plague on the rest of London, such as trade, population, and places like St. Mark’s? How could Robin’s story have been different if Ellen had not been taken by the plague?

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