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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. How does Robin know the coming group in Section 10 includes his father?
2. What does Robin stay long enough to see in Section 7?
3. What does John make sure Robin knows before he leaves to visit his mother?
4. Who sits by the fire at the inn the traveling group stays at their second night?
5. Where do Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin go for their midday meal in Section 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Robin’s swim across the river in Section 9. What drives him to keep going, and what challenges his ambitions?
2. Describe the meeting of Robin’s mother and father with Robin. What is said, what are their reactions?
3. Describe what Robin sees in the snow on Christmas Eve, coming down the road. What is the significance to Robin?
4. Explain how Robin comes to be the caretaker of D’Ath.
5. Explain Brother Luke’s response to Robin’s questions of whether or not he will walk. What does Brother Luke say, and how is this important for Robin’s self-esteem?
6. Does Robin’s father mind his disability? What does he say about it? What news does his mother have that cheers Robin? What does Brother Luke mean when he says Robin has found the door in the wall?
7. Explain the news Adam the yeoman brings to Sir Peter in the hall. What is the situation?
8. Explain why food supplies are so low within the castle in Section 9. What else is low?
9. Describe what Robin sees, once the strike on the Welsh has begun, and after its success.
10. What does Brother Luke mean when he says becoming lost was a lesson for them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Robin learns much through the novel. What lesson do you think is the most important? Who teaches him? How does this help him throughout the rest of the novel? How can this help him later in his life?
Essay Topic 2
Brother Luke mentions that nicknames are often not critical, but merely representations of a person’s special qualities in name form. Think of three nicknames used in the novel, and explain them in detail. Why is the nickname chosen, and what about the person does it represent?
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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