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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is considered to be a "safe" planet?
(a) Losian.
(b) Earth.
(c) Tarkan.
(d) Jubbul.

3. 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 sweep the floor.
(c) Pretended to be a hired man and served them a drink.
(d) Pretended to be a hired man and changed a light bulb.

4. Where did the adoption take place?
(a) The Captain's quarters.
(b) Town hall.
(c) The dining hall.
(d) The library.

5. Baslim began teaching Thorby to do what?
(a) Steal.
(b) Play music.
(c) Read.
(d) Dance.

6. What part of the boy made Baslim think he was of unmutated Earth people?
(a) His ears.
(b) His breath.
(c) His nose.
(d) His toenails.

7. What did not change even though Baslim acquired another mattress?
(a) Thorby continued to sleep with him.
(b) Thorby continued to sleep in the corner.
(c) Thorby continued to sleep outside.
(d) Thorby continued to sleep under the table.

8. What does Thorby want Dr.Mader to tell Mata?
(a) He would have married her.
(b) He is sorry he didn't get to see her.
(c) He is sorry she is going to be gone.
(d) He is sorry he didn't get to say goodbye.

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

10. What was the only angry statement Baslim ever made to Thorby?
(a) "Not now, maybe later."
(b) "I don't want you here."
(c) "I am not your master."
(d) "I don't think so."

11. What caused the beggar to believe the boy was not docile?
(a) The scars on his back.
(b) His clenched hands.
(c) His gestures.
(d) His stance.

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

13. Why did Baslim send Thorby to the shipyards?
(a) To keep him out of his business.
(b) To talk to a ship master.
(c) To deliver a message.
(d) To get a job as a sweeper.

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

15. What did Mother Shaum leave her house in before curfew?
(a) A limosine.
(b) A horse and cart.
(c) A large sedan chair.
(d) A taxi cab.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Baslim die?

2. What is the only thing Baslim possessed upon his death?

3. The boy in the corridor does what to Thorby?

4. What is Auntie Singham's profession?

5. What did the school master report to the ship's captain concerning Thorby?

(see the answer keys)

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