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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. In Section 1, what does Brother Luke explain about always finding a way through?

2. What does Brother Luke give Robin to eat when he first meets him?

3. How does Robin begin to tell who is coming to the room in Section 2?

4. How does Brother Luke help Robin with his crafting?

5. Who is the author of the letter Robin receives in Section 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 happened to Robin that makes him require assistance.

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

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

7. Where does the group sleep the first night of their journey, and why does Robin think this is such an important adventure?

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

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

10. At the end of Section 1, Robin wonders what he has to be thankful for. What should he be thankful for, and what does this show about Robin at this point in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Food plays an important role in the novel. How does food force Robin into accepting Brother Luke in the beginning of the novel? How does Brother Luke entice Robin to eat as he is preoccupied with whittling? When Brother Luke, Robin, and John all stop to eat after traveling all day, Robin mentions “hunger sauced it better than the finest cook could have done” (pg. 52). What does this mean? What does hunger teach Robin? How is food used to gain Robin a friend in D’Ath? How is food used by John’s mother in the novel? How is it used to celebrate at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the character of Robin. Describe his outlook on his life at the beginning of the novel, and discuss how it changes throughout the novel. What happens to make his outlook change? What does he learn about his own abilities? What is he able to do by the end of the novel that makes him a success? What does this say about the power of one’s attitude?

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