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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trade is Ziggie teaching Thorby?
(a) To be a pickpocket.
(b) To be a juggler.
(c) To accost women.
(d) To be a blacksmith.

2. Where did Thorby go to hide from the patrolmen?
(a) Auntie Singham's cave.
(b) A beanfield in the country.
(c) Ziggie's house.
(d) Mother Shaum's taphouse.

3. What was in his bowl that the gentleman took?
(a) A tiny flat cylinder.
(b) His money.
(c) A piece of food.
(d) A rock.

4. Why was Thorby not considered part of the underworld?
(a) Baslim kept a tight leash on him.
(b) His master has set him free.
(c) Baslim has a profession.
(d) He has a legally recognized status .

5. Why did Baslim choose to beg in the Plaza of Liberty?
(a) The gentlemen are nicer there.
(b) It was not so far from home.
(c) He could watch the slave ships and auctions.
(d) He made more money there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the brand of Baslim's household clock?

2. Why did Auntie tell Thorby to hide?

3. What art did Baslim learn as a young man?

4. What caused the beggar to believe the boy was not docile?

5. Who is Baslim the Cripple?

(see the answer key)

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