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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 language did Thorby learn living in the bachelor's quarters?

2. What is manumission?

3. Who was Captain Krausa going to adopt?

4. What did Thorby and Baslim do at the Plaza of Liberty?

5. Under hypnosis, what suggestion does Baslim give Thorby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was some unspoken rules that Thorby kept?

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

3. What is Dr.Mader's opinion of The People's freedom?

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

5. What does the captain do for Thorby?

6. Describe what Mother Sharum saw the night she helped smuggle Thorby to the shipyard.

7. Who does "the man" turn out to be?

8. Once outside in the hallways of the ship what does Thorby discover?

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

10. Who bought lot ninety-seven, and how?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Explain Thorby's reaction to being in charge of the family company and the family money.

Part 2) Why does Thorby say that he is better at being a beggar than being wealthy?

Essay Topic 2

Education is highly enforced by Baslim in the story.

Part 1) What is the reason that Baslim pushes Thorby so hard to be educated?

Part 2) How would the story have differed had Baslim had no education?

Essay Topic 3

There are several different characters that help Thorby out in different regards throughout the story.

Part 1) Compare the role of men in the story to the role of women in terms of how Thorby perceives them.

Part 2) Why are Baslim and Grandmother the only two Thorby is inspired by at the end of the story to continue his quest to end slavery?

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