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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was in his bowl that the gentleman took?
(a) A tiny flat cylinder.
(b) His money.
(c) A piece of food.
(d) A rock.

2. What subjects did Thorby love to study?
(a) History and galactography.
(b) Arts and music.
(c) Languages.
(d) History and math.

3. To Thorby, Earth is a what?
(a) Cruel planet.
(b) Myth.
(c) Vacation spot.
(d) Nonexsistent.

4. What did Thorby and Baslim do at the Plaza of Liberty?
(a) Pick up trash.
(b) Beg.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

5. What did the woman tell Thorby to do after the patrolman left?
(a) "Leave and don't come back."
(b) "Stay where you are."
(c) "Come on into the house."
(d) "Let's eat, you must be starved."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baslim want Thorby to do after he dies?

2. What caused the beggar to believe the boy was not docile?

3. Where was Thorby born?

4. Why did Baslim never send Thorby out of the city?

5. What are the characteristics of Syndonian ears?

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