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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 is the girl with the green hair named?

2. Where do Thorby's grandparents live?

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

4. What is the name of Thorby's secretary?

5. Where did Thorby want to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thorby confide in Leda?

2. What does Thorby do to hurry the search for his blood family?

3. What is the Gathering?

4. What does the judge say after listening to arguments?

5. What is Thorby's plan to escape his family bodyguards?

6. What advice does Counselor Garsch give Thorby?

7. Describe Leda.

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

9. What does Thorby learn about Baslim?

10. Who is Thorby identified to be?

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

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 3

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.

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