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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Baslim die?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He hung himself.
(c) He died in the explosion.
(d) He poisoned himself.

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

3. Upon entering his home what did Baslim do?
(a) Take a bath.
(b) Turned on the television.
(c) Put on an artififcal leg.
(d) Fried an egg for dinner.

4. What is the name of the anthropologist aboard the Sisu?
(a) Dr. JoElla Allen.
(b) Dr. Maggie Mcdowell.
(c) Dr. Margaret Mader.
(d) Dr. Mary Krausa

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

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

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

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

9. Who has been swapped out of the computer firecontrol room?
(a) Jeri.
(b) Chelan.
(c) Mata.
(d) Thorby.

10. What is pocket money in Lorsian?
(a) Coins.
(b) Bills.
(c) Twisted bits of wire.
(d) Dirt.

11. What was lot ninety-six?
(a) A pair of blond boys.
(b) A pair of geese.
(c) A pair of blond girls.
(d) A pair of shoes.

12. Who is Dr. Samuel Renshaw?
(a) A man from Earth who Baslim knows.
(b) A man from Earth that grew a garden.
(c) Baslim's penpal from Earth.
(d) A man from Earth that taught about the mind.

13. What did Thorby realize Baslim hated?
(a) Mean people.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Debt.

14. Where did Thorby sleep?
(a) In his bunk.
(b) On the floor.
(c) On the windowseat.
(d) In the wall.

15. How did Thorby open the door?
(a) By using the door handle.
(b) By running his hands over the wall panels.
(c) By calling out loudly until someone heard him.
(d) By placing his thumb in a thumbscan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is lot ninety-seven?

2. What did the captain hide Thorby in to get him aboard ship?

3. Thorby was born what?

4. Why did Auntie tell Thorby to hide?

5. What is the slave boy's name?

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