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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. Who resides in the almonry of St. Luke’s?

2. What causes Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin to question their direction in Section 5?

3. Where do Brother Luke and Brother Matthews place Robin to sleep the first night of their journey?

4. What is expected of Robin, as the son of a nobleman?

5. Why does Brother Luke keep making Robin continue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Robin wishes to read and write.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe St. Mark’s, including the various areas mentioned in the book.

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Sir Peter worries of war on nearly all sides. What threats pose the largest issue for him? Why is he worried about even his own cousin’s army? Who ends up attacking in the novel, and what do they use to hide themselves as they make their move on the castle? Why does Sir Peter’s brother come to his aid? What does this say about family?

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