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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Baslim never send Thorby out of the city?
(a) For fear Thorby would be stolen.
(b) A slave had to have a travel permit and a free man has to check in and out.
(c) For fear Thorby would run away.
(d) Thorby refused to go.

2. Who is the first person on the Sisu to speak to Thorby?
(a) First Assistant Power Boss.
(b) Captain Krausa.
(c) A female toddler.
(d) Nobleman Boss.

3. How many desserts did Thorby lose to Jeri?
(a) Four nights' worth.
(b) Ten nights' worth.
(c) Two nights' worth.
(d) Six nights' worth.

4. What is the name of the anthropologist aboard the Sisu?
(a) Dr. Maggie Mcdowell.
(b) Dr. Margaret Mader.
(c) Dr. Mary Krausa
(d) Dr. JoElla Allen.

5. What is tattooed on Thorby after his manumission?
(a) A union number.
(b) A new free man's i.d.
(c) A line through his slave number, the Sargon's seal, book and page number of his freedom
(d) A new beggar number.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anthropology is the study of_________________.

2. Why was Thorby not considered part of the underworld?

3. Where is Baslim's home located?

4. Who did Thorby tell the gentleman he was?

5. Who was Thorby's mentor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Upon Baslim's death what does he ask Thorby to do?

2. What news does Thorby receive when seeing the fortune teller on Joy Street?

3. What does the beggar do with the boy when he gets to his home?

4. Describe Thorby's room on board the Sisu.

5. Describe what Thorby bought sightseeing on Lorsian.

6. Who is Thorby's mentor on the ship and what is his rank?

7. What happened that Thorby wanted to be seen?

8. Once outside in the hallways of the ship what does Thorby discover?

9. Who does "the man" turn out to be?

10. Why does Thorby's thigh hurt?

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