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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 natural element causes concern shortly after John leaves in Section 8?
2. In which hostel do Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin stay the second evening of their journey?
3. What does Robin learn in making the harp?
4. Who does Robin wake first?
5. What does Sir Peter hail Robin as in Section 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Robin’s relationship with Alan-at-gate. What type of person is Alan, and what does Robin learn about him quickly?
2. Describe the woods where Robin’s group eats, and the cabin where they sleep the night before they enter Lindsay.
3. Describe what Robin sees, once the strike on the Welsh has begun, and after its success.
4. Describe Robin’s plan for his escape to find help for the castle. How will he leave, what will he do if caught, and who will he seek for aid?
5. What happens when Robin reaches the assistance he needs in Section 9? Who greets him, and where do they go for aid? What plan is put into place for assistance?
6. 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?
7. Describe what Robin sees in the snow on Christmas Eve, coming down the road. What is the significance to Robin?
8. Explain the news Adam the yeoman brings to Sir Peter in the hall. What is the situation?
9. Explain how Robin helps his friends escape being robbed. What does he do, and how does it work to help them?
10. Describe Robin’s swim across the river in Section 9. What drives him to keep going, and what challenges his ambitions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Robin accidentally slips using the chisel, and breaks his cross, what is his reaction? What does this show, in terms of his character? What is Brother Matthew’s response? What does he mean when he notes that a bad temper is not the best teacher? What does this lesson teach Robin?
Essay Topic 2
Robin’s relationship with his father, from the beginning of the novel, appears to be based on Robin’s respect for his father, and his desire to be like his father. How is this relayed by the author when Robin’s father is not a present character in the novel? How does Robin see his father? What does the letter to his father say about his feelings toward his father? What instances does Robin show awe toward his father’s ability? What does his father’s response at the end of the novel, when he returns home, say about his feelings for his son?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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