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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. How does the Blue Streak look at night?

2. What does Journeyman finally ask Maddy directly in Chapter 43?

3. What do the Cordon ask for in Chapter 37?

4. What does Journeyman ask the woman in the library to do in Chapter 41?

5. What does Todbaum tell the assembled crowd he was mad at the woman who rode in the Blue Streak for a time with him about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Kormentz begin doing in Part III when Journeyman brings his deliveries that Journeyman hates?

3. What does Journeyman observe the two Cordon men doing who are camped out at the edge of Founder's Park in Part III?

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

5. What is Nowlin's plan in Part IV?

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

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

8. What does Todbaum reveal to Journeyman and the rest of the Tinderwickians in Part IV that is different from what he has said before about his journeys in the Blue Streak?

9. What do Jane and Lucius specialize in?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of a storyteller is Journeyman? What kind of a storyteller is Todbaum? Why is the topic of storytelling important in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusion.

Essay Topic 2

What is Journeyman's relationship with Astur like? What does Journeyman think of Astur, and how does he feel when he is in her company? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Lethem's treatment of the themes of loss and grief, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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