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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Thorby get in the play?
(a) A servant.
(b) The son of the first Captain Krausa.
(c) The first Captain Krausa.
(d) A gunner mate on the Sisu.

2. What is Thorby's full name now?
(a) Thorby Krausa.
(b) Thorby Krausa of Baslim.
(c) Thorby Baslim-Krausa.
(d) Thorby Baslim.

3. What subjects did Thorby love to study?
(a) History and galactography.
(b) History and math.
(c) Languages.
(d) Arts and music.

4. What is the ship's "secret language"?
(a) English.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Finnish.
(d) Nine Worlds trade lingo.

5. Who did Thorby tell the gentleman he was?
(a) The son of Baslim the Cripple.
(b) The son of The Merry Widow's master.
(c) The son of a poor tailor.
(d) A poor slave boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the play about?

2. What is tattooed on Thorby after his manumission?

3. Who witnessed the adoption?

4. How did Baslim die?

5. If Thorby is not a slave, then what is he?

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