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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 are Thorby's blood parents names?

2. Who did Colonel Bisby call for after Thorby recited a code?

3. What are the products the Traders wanted from Finster?

4. What was given to Thorby upon his birth?

5. What did Thorby believe the business is involved in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Thorby heir to?

2. Describe the method of trading on Finster.

3. What is Thorby's idea concerning the investigation of the slave trade?

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

5. What is the trade on Woolamurra?

6. How were Thorby and his parents lost?

7. What is the history of the Sisu?

8. What advice does Counselor Garsch give Thorby?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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?

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