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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To Thorby, Earth is a what?
(a) Cruel planet.
(b) Nonexsistent.
(c) Myth.
(d) Vacation spot.
2. What is the ship's "secret language"?
(a) Turkish.
(b) Nine Worlds trade lingo.
(c) English.
(d) Finnish.
3. What was the name of the neighborhood that was not under curfew?
(a) Happy Street.
(b) Mock Street.
(c) Gnome Street.
(d) Joy Street.
4. The boy in the corridor does what to Thorby?
(a) He is friendly and helpful.
(b) He walks by like he does not see him.
(c) He gets Thorby something to eat.
(d) He stops and talks a long time.
5. Why did Thorby think his home was raided?
(a) The Sargon wanted Thorby to be a slave again.
(b) The Sargon intended to arrest Pop and was looking for something.
(c) The Sargon wanted to make Pop a spy.
(d) The Sargon figured out Pop was not a beggar.
6. What was the brand of Baslim's household clock?
(a) Nikkon.
(b) Jeopardy.
(c) Seiko.
(d) Eternal.
7. Thorby was born what?
(a) A house servant.
(b) Free.
(c) A farm hand.
(d) A slave.
8. Where is Baslim's home located?
(a) Under the graveyard.
(b) Under the old palace.
(c) Under the old hospital.
(d) Under the old amphitheater.
9. Why did Baslim send Thorby to the shipyards?
(a) To deliver a message.
(b) To get a job as a sweeper.
(c) To keep him out of his business.
(d) To talk to a ship master.
10. Who financed the beggar to purchase lot ninety-seven?
(a) The noblewoman on the middle row.
(b) The auctioneer.
(c) Dwarol the Syndonian.
(d) The alms collector.
11. What is manumission?
(a) The process to go to university.
(b) The process to become a beggar.
(c) The process needed to board a ship.
(d) The process to free a slave.
12. 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 served them a drink.
(c) Pretended to be a hired man and changed a light bulb.
(d) Pretended to be a hired man and changed the letters on the sign.
13. What did Thorby and Baslim do at the Plaza of Liberty?
(a) Pick up trash.
(b) Beg.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.
14. Upon entering his home what did Baslim do?
(a) Turned on the television.
(b) Fried an egg for dinner.
(c) Take a bath.
(d) Put on an artififcal leg.
15. What is considered to be a "safe" planet?
(a) Earth.
(b) Tarkan.
(c) Jubbul.
(d) Losian.
Short Answer Questions
1. What ship is Dr. Mader going to go to?
2. How many languages does Thorby speak?
3. What language did Thorby learn living in the bachelor's quarters?
4. How did Baslim die?
5. Who witnessed the adoption?
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