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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. Where is Lady Constance to bring the women and children in Section 8?

2. In Section 9, what caused an impasse in the conflict?

3. When does the King hope for peace?

4. What does Robin pretend to be, in order to not be suspected in Section 9?

5. Who sits by the fire at the inn the traveling group stays at their second night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Robin and John-go-in-the-Wynd greeted on their arrival back into the castle in Section 10? What is given to John, and how does Brother Luke reward him?

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 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?

4. 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?

5. Describe what Robin sees in the snow on Christmas Eve, coming down the road. What is the significance to Robin?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe what Robin sees, once the strike on the Welsh has begun, and after its success.

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

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

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?

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