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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 does Thorby get in Rudbek City?

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

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

4. What department does Thorby belong to in the Guard?

5. What is an expenditure of the business?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Thorby and his parents lost?

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

3. At the Gathering what does Captain Krausa discover that changes Thorby's life?

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

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

6. What is the Gathering?

7. Describe the method of trading on Finster.

8. Who is Thorby identified to be?

9. What do Weemsby and Bruder want Thorby to sign papers for?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Describe Garsch's character given what is seen in the story.

Part 2) What is likely to be Garsch's future involvement with Thorby?

Part 3) What about Garsch's character was the most helpful to Thorby and his endeavors?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe the role that trade and commerce played in the story.

Part 2) In what ways does the trade and commerce in the story differ from modern day? In what ways is it the same?

Part 3) What can the reader glean from the trade and commerce as it is described in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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