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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 the first person on the Sisu to speak to Thorby?

2. The boy in the corridor does what to Thorby?

3. Who witnessed the adoption?

4. What is pocket money in Lorsian?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Thorby's room on board the Sisu.

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

4. What is Joy Street?

5. Describe lot ninety-seven.

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

7. Why is Mata traded to the El Nido?

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

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

10. Why does Thorby's thigh hurt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Baslim had been reluctant to use hypnosis on Thorby but eventually did in order to help Thorby be rid of the nightmares.

Part 1) Explain the role that hypnotism played in the story and why Baslim seemed to be opposed to the use of it.

Part 2) If hypnosis could be used in real life with the certainty that it was used in the story, what problems would come form its use? What benefits?

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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