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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 is the name of Sir Peter’s wife?

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

3. What is the relationship between Sir Hugh and Sir Peter?

4. What is John given in Section 10 for his role in the struggle?

5. What does John make sure Robin knows before he leaves to visit his mother?

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 Robin’s new course of study and actions in Section 7, as devised by Brother Luke. What duties does his new life entail?

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

4. 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?

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

6. What is the plan for the attack on the Welsh? How will the aid army know when to strike, and how will they strike?

7. Explain how Robin helps his friends escape being robbed. What does he do, and how does it work to help them?

8. 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?

9. Describe Robin’s relationship with Alan-at-gate. What type of person is Alan, and what does Robin learn about him quickly?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sounds play an important role in the novel, from the church bells Robin uses to gauge time to the sounds of the monk footfalls outside his door to the role of the harp John-go-in-the-Wynd by the end of the novel. Discuss, in depth, why you think the author used sound so much in the novel. What do the sounds mean to Robin? To John and Brother Luke? What does the author convey by using the sounds Robin hears to set scenes?

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

Choose any character from the novel, and explain his or her role in the story. How do they interact with other characters? What lesson do they teach? Why did the author choose to include them? What is his or her class? His or her background? How does this tie into the story?

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