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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 did Thorby buy from Inga?

2. What is tattooed on Thorby after his manumission?

3. What did Thorby realize Baslim hated?

4. How did Captain Krausa propose to take Thorby to the ship?

5. What is Thorby's full name now?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the ship's school what is the subject Thorby excelled at?

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

3. What is Joy Street?

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

5. Describe Captain Krausa.

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

7. What does the beggar do with the boy when he gets to his home?

8. Describe the gentleman that Thorby sees late one night.

9. Why does Thorby's thigh hurt?

10. Describe what Thorby bought sightseeing on Lorsian.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Part 1) How is marriage viewed by Thorby throughout the story?

Part 2) Is there any indication that Thorby wanted to marry Mata or Leda, or was he simply willing to marry them if need be? Explain your point of view.

Essay Topic 3

Mata showed Thorby attention he did not notice and Thorby was being unwittingly set up with two other females in the book.

Part 1) What does it show about Thorby that he never noticed that these matches were being made?

Part 2) What does it reveal to the reader about Thorby's feelings about these girls that he didn't perceive what was going on?

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