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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. Who was Thorby's mentor?

2. What is manumission?

3. Thorby was born what?

4. Why did Baslim send Thorby to the shipyards?

5. What part of the boy made Baslim think he was of unmutated Earth people?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Thorby smuggled to the shipyards?

2. What does fraki mean?

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

4. Why is Mata traded to the El Nido?

5. What does the captain do for Thorby?

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

7. What does Thorby discover after he returns home after attempting to deliver the message at the ship harbor?

8. What was some unspoken rules that Thorby kept?

9. Where does Thorby go from Joy Street, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to write about.

Part 1) Why did Mother Shaum choose to help Thorby?

Part 2) Why did Chief Office, Mother, from the Sisu send Thorby a large sum of money after Thorby had left?

Part 3) How does Thorby react to large sums of money as compared to the money he received from begging? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe Thorby's relationship with Baslim.

Part 2) Do Thorby's feelings about Baslim change any after he learns about Baslim's past life and current missions?

Part 3) What is Baslim's attitude toward Thorby? What does he do that shows his feelings about Thorby?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Describe Thorby's relationship with his biological family when he is reunited at the end of the story.

Part 2) In what way does this relationship with his biological family compare to the relationship with his two past foster families?

Part 3) What seems to be Thorby's biological family's feelings in regards to Thorby? Explain.

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