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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 do Brother Luke and Brother Matthew devise to help Robin travel?

2. What does Robin’s father plan to tell his mother, according to the letter in Section 5?

3. Who cares for Robin the first few days at the hospice?

4. In Section 1, what does Brother Luke explain has happened to Ellen?

5. Who is Millicent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the town as it is decorated for Midsummer Eve. What does Robin see?

7. What types of lessons does Robin learn from the monks in Section 4, and how do they help him?

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

9. Describe Robin’s new friendships in Section 4. What do the boys do together, and how does Robin behave around the young children?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Robin risks his own life to save the castle. Discuss the various life tools he used during his adventure, and explain where he learned the skills he needed to achieve success. How did his strength training help him? How did his spiritual training help? His woodworking? His schoolwork? His ability to relate to others? His ability to accept his disability, and in fact, to use it to his advantage?

Essay Topic 2

Choose any character from the novel, and explain his or her role in the story. How do they interact with other characters? What lesson do they teach? Why did the author choose to include them? What is his or her class? His or her background? How does this tie into the story?

Essay Topic 3

Several times in the novel, Robin seems to show an embarrassment toward his disability. Choose at least three of these moments, and describe them thoroughly. What is the situation? How does he show his embarrassment? What is the reaction from others? What do these reactions teach him, in the end, about his disability?

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