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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 is Baslim the Cripple?

2. Why did Baslim choose to beg in the Plaza of Liberty?

3. What kind of clothes are left for Thorby?

4. What is the name of the anthropologist aboard the Sisu?

5. What is tattooed on Thorby after his manumission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does fraki mean?

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

3. What did Thorby learn of the begging trade?

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

5. Describe lot ninety-seven.

6. What does the captain do for Thorby?

7. Why does Baslim dislike hypnosis?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) What is the reason that Thorby doesn't think as highly of Captain Krausa as he did Baslim? Is there any indication that Krausa didn't treat Thorby as his own child?

Part 2) Did Baslim mean for Krausa to have taken Baslim in as his adopted son? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Grandmother is a very strong figure although she is seen for a limited time.

Part 1) How does Grandmother's role for Thorby change for him from the first time he stepped on the ship to when Grandmother dies?

Part 2) Describe Grandmother's personality. Is there any indication that she truly cares for Thorby? Explain.

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