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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. Where is the Hydra bound to ?

2. What planet is Thorby from?

3. How did Colonel Bisby get the complete message from Thorby?

4. What has the finest shipyards in the explored Galaxy?

5. What did Thorby's Mother on Sisu send him before lift off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thorby confide in Leda?

2. Describe Leda.

3. What business does Thorby attend after leaving the counselor's office?

4. What makes Woolamurra ideal if Thorby no longer wants to be a trader?

5. What leads Captain Bisby to discover who Thoby's blood relatives are?

6. What is Thorby heir to?

7. What is the history of the Sisu?

8. What qualifications did it take to be in the Guard?

9. Who is Thorby identified to be?

10. What advice does Counselor Garsch give Thorby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Baslim didn't tell Thorby of his past or current mission.

Part 1) Speculate on why Baslim didn't tell Thorby the story of his past or the mission.

Part 2) How would Thorby's own story have been different if he had known the truth of what Baslim had been up to and who he was?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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