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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of clothes are left for Thorby?
(a) A spacesuit.
(b) Shirt and shorts.
(c) A robe.
(d) A breech clout.

2. What is tattooed on Thorby after his manumission?
(a) A new free man's i.d.
(b) A union number.
(c) A line through his slave number, the Sargon's seal, book and page number of his freedom
(d) A new beggar number.

3. Why was begging harder for Thorby?
(a) He develops an infection on his tatoo.
(b) He falls in love.
(c) He is growing into a healthy strong youth.
(d) He develops an attitude.

4. Where did Thorby go when the patrolmen came?
(a) Down the alley.
(b) Across the street.
(c) Inside the cabaret.
(d) Hid behind the cabaret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subjects did Thorby love to study?

2. Who was Thorby's mentor?

3. What did the woman tell Thorby to do after the patrolman left?

4. How did Thorby get to the honky-tonk neighborhood?

5. To Thorby what was the time between two sleeps?

(see the answer key)

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