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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Thorby do to conceal himself from the patrolmen?
(a) Pretended to be a hired man and changed the letters on the sign.
(b) Pretended to be a hired man and served them a drink.
(c) Pretended to be a hired man and sweep the floor.
(d) Pretended to be a hired man and changed a light bulb.

2. What are the characteristics of Syndonian ears?
(a) Long, round and smooth.
(b) Long, hairy, and pointed.
(c) Short, pointed and hairy.
(d) They have none.

3. Under hypnosis, what suggestion does Baslim give Thorby?
(a) To find his mother.
(b) To call him PaPa.
(c) Not to have any more bad dreams.
(d) To sleep until the dawn.

4. Who did Thorby have to see?
(a) The harbor master.
(b) The sargeant to see if Pop is dead.
(c) The skipper of the Sisu.
(d) Ziggie.

5. What is Auntie Singham's profession?
(a) A grocer.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A sheep herder.
(d) A fortune teller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Thorby reveal his message in?

2. What did Thorby and Baslim do at the Plaza of Liberty?

3. Where did Thorby go to hide from the patrolmen?

4. To Thorby, Earth is a what?

5. What does it mean to be "shortened"?

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