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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 does Robin wake first?

2. What does John continue to do in Section 6, even when Luke wakes him?

3. What does Robin hear the men beneath them at the inn trying to plan?

4. What does Robin chastise himself for doing - even in joy – in Section 10?

5. What helps pass the time, for Robin, on the long journey to his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What possible enemies does the castle face, and how could they breech the defenses, according to John-go-in-the-Wynd and Adam? What tactics could enemies use?

2. Describe the fair Robin and his caretakers attend. What activities are there, and what does Robin see that amuses him?

3. What happens before the end of the day in Section 8? What does that mean for the people of the town? Where are they?

4. Describe John-go-in-the-Wynd’s departure. Where is he going? What does he make sure Robin knows how to do before he goes? Where does he make sure Robin knows how to go?

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. Describe the meeting of Robin’s mother and father with Robin. What is said, what are their reactions?

7. Describe Robin’s swim across the river in Section 9. What drives him to keep going, and what challenges his ambitions?

8. Describe the White Hart. What is it, how do the men feel about it. How does it look?

9. What does Brother Luke mean when he says becoming lost was a lesson for them?

10. Describe the woods where Robin’s group eats, and the cabin where they sleep the night before they enter Lindsay.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The feudal system was in place during the writing of the novel, and this system placed citizens according to their social class. What social class is Robin? Brother Luke? Sir Peter? How do their various classes dictate what these individuals do in the novel? Would Robin be as catered to if he were he the son of a laborer? The son of a king? What does this say about the servant class of London at the time?

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