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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Baslim the Cripple?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A nobleman.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A king.

2. What did Baslim have the slave boy do first?
(a) Clean the rug.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Sweep the floor.
(d) Take a nap.

3. What was in his bowl that the gentleman took?
(a) A tiny flat cylinder.
(b) A piece of food.
(c) A rock.
(d) His money.

4. Who was Captain Krausa going to adopt?
(a) Thorby.
(b) Auntie Singham.
(c) Margaret Mader.
(d) Ziggie.

5. Thorby was born what?
(a) A farm hand.
(b) Free.
(c) A slave.
(d) A house servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Mata want Thorby to play before dinner?

2. What is the only clear planet in Thorby's remembrance?

3. What is tattooed on Thorby after his manumission?

4. What is manumission?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Baslim trying to teach Thorby using Doctor Renshaw's method?

2. Describe lot ninety-seven.

3. What does the policeman reveal in his conversation with Auntie Singham?

4. After an argument, Thorby is gone for days. What does he discover upon his return?

5. What is Joy Street?

6. Describe what Thorby bought sightseeing on Lorsian.

7. Under hypnosis, what does Baslim learn about Thorby?

8. What news does Thorby receive when seeing the fortune teller on Joy Street?

9. How does the beggar get the boy home to his hole?

10. Upon Baslim's death what does he ask Thorby to do?

(see the answer keys)

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