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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ship's "secret language"?

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

3. What does Dr.Mader think of the People's freedom?

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

5. Anthropology is the study of_________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Thorby learn of the begging trade?

4. Who is Thorby's mentor on the ship and what is his rank?

5. What happened that Thorby wanted to be seen?

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

7. What message does Thorby give to the captain, and how is it believable?

8. Describe Captain Krausa.

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

10. In his new family what must Thorby learn to address them correctly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Baslim chose to commit suicide rather than be questioned.

Part 1) What does it reveal about Baslim that he would rather take poison than be questioned by the police?

Part 2) Why did the police choose to 'shorten' Baslim even though he was already dead?

Essay Topic 2

Thorby has relationships with several different females throughout the story.

Part 1: What role do these relationships play in the story? In Thorby's life?

Part 2: Is it possible that Thorby cared for any of these girls enough to have married them under different circumstances? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe the role that trade and commerce played in the story.

Part 2) In what ways does the trade and commerce in the story differ from modern day? In what ways is it the same?

Part 3) What can the reader glean from the trade and commerce as it is described in the book?

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