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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 do Brother Luke and John request of Robin in Section 6?
2. Why can John speak Welsh?
3. Where do Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin go for their midday meal in Section 6?
4. What does Brother Luke do on Robin’s return in Section 10?
5. How does Robin know the coming group in Section 10 includes his father?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the woods where Robin’s group eats, and the cabin where they sleep the night before they enter Lindsay.
2. Describe Robin’s swim across the river in Section 9. What drives him to keep going, and what challenges his ambitions?
3. What is the plan for the attack on the Welsh? How will the aid army know when to strike, and how will they strike?
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. Explain why food supplies are so low within the castle in Section 9. What else is low?
6. Explain how Robin and his protectors escape the inn. How do they flee their attackers?
7. Describe what Robin sees, once the strike on the Welsh has begun, and after its success.
8. Describe Robin’s encounter with the Welsh soldiers. What happened, and how did he escape?
9. 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?
10. Describe the meeting of Robin’s mother and father with Robin. What is said, what are their reactions?
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
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 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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