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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kormentz believe the townspeople of Tinderwick have done to him?
(a) Forgiven him for his crimes.
(b) Told Todbaum he can kill Kormentz.
(c) Promoted him to judge.
(d) Sacrificed him to the Cordon.

2. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman that he and Maddy are destined to do together in Chapter 33?
(a) Build a new farm together.
(b) Have children.
(c) Jumpstart history.
(d) Get married.

3. In Chapter 45, what does Journeyman think when he sees Todbaum?
(a) Todbuam looks completely rejuvenated.
(b) Todbaum looks very old and possibly ill.
(c) Todbaum looks high.
(d) Todbaum looks like he has gained a lot of weight recently.

4. Which of the following summarizes Todbaum's view of human nature?
(a) People are nuanced.
(b) Circumstances change the way people relate to each other in a fundamental way.
(c) People are generally good.
(d) People are generally destructive.

5. What story seems to drive the most people away from Todbaum?
(a) His story about Pittsburgh.
(b) His story about The Road.
(c) His story about Times Square.
(d) His story about Kansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubles Augustus about the picnic in Chapter 57?

2. What does Journeyman feel anxious about in Chapter 31?

3. What does the Cordon man tell Journeyman to leave for the Cordon that he does not want to leave?

4. What does Delia Limetree's son ask to do in Chapter 37?

5. What remains in Journeyman's pocket in Chapter 34, not delivered to its intended recipient?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Cordon people ask for during their meeting with Tinderwick in Part III?

2. How does Journeyman feel when he first sets foot on Quarry Island in Part IV?

3. When did Journeyman first realize Maddy was a better swimmer than he was, and why does he think of that in Part IV?

4. What does Todbaum ask Journeyman to give to Maddy for him in Part II?

5. Why does it seem that Edwin Gorse plans to stay loyal to Todbaum to the end?

6. What does Maddy do when she finally visits the Blue Streak in Founder's Park?

7. In Part III, what does Journeyman propose to get to know the woman in the library better and what does he find out about her?

8. What does Journeyman tell Maddy in the section By the Time Maddy Went to Founder's Park that unsettles him?

9. What does Journeyman think about Todbaum when he sees him for the first time again in Part IV?

10. What does Todbaum tell Journeyman about his thoughts on dystopian and post-apocalyptic stories?

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