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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 Robin begin crafting for himself in Section 4?
(a) He makes crosses.
(b) He makes boats.
(c) He makes dolls.
(d) He makes crutches.

2. What is expected of Robin, as the son of a nobleman?
(a) He is expected to be king.
(b) He is expected to be a teacher.
(c) He is expected to be a knight.
(d) He is expected to be a blacksmith.

3. What does Robin wonder about John’s harp?
(a) If it sings by its self.
(b) If his father would like it.
(c) If he can make one.
(d) If he can buy one.

4. Where do Brother Luke, Brother Matthews, and Robin make camp the first night on their journey?
(a) Outside.
(b) In a tent.
(c) At an inn.
(d) In a woodcutter’s house.

5. What happened two days after Robin’s tenth birthday?
(a) He was taken hostage.
(b) He became paralyzed.
(c) He was sent to his father.
(d) He was taken to Lindsay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robin’s immediate concern about his new mode of transportation in Section 4?

2. Who shows Robin how to fasten the pieces of the cross he made?

3. What does Geoffrey call Robin?

4. What happens with the plague at the beginning of Section 3?

5. What does Robin accidentally do in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Robin comes to the nickname Crookshanks.

2. What is expected of Robin, in terms of his future, and why is this at risk?

3. Describe the journey to St. Mark’s.

4. Explain what happened to Robin that makes him require assistance.

5. Describe Robin’s actions, in relation to Ellen, at the beginning of the novel.

6. Explain what Brother Luke does to help Robin gain upper body strength, and how he helps him when his muscles tire.

7. What does Robin mean when he says “hunger sauced it better than the finest cook could have done”?

8. Explain Robin’s secret in Section 4. What can he now do, and what does this show?

9. Describe Robin’s letter to his father in Section 3. What does it say, and what is the tone?

10. Where are Robin’s mother and father in Section 1?

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