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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. Who is Baslim the Cripple?
(a) A nobleman.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A king.
(d) A merchant.

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

3. What is lot ninety-seven?
(a) A boat.
(b) A boy.
(c) A goat.
(d) A girl.

4. What did Thorby do to conceal himself from the patrolmen?
(a) Pretended to be a hired man and changed the letters on the sign.
(b) Pretended to be a hired man and served them a drink.
(c) Pretended to be a hired man and changed a light bulb.
(d) Pretended to be a hired man and sweep the floor.

5. Upon entering his home what did Baslim do?
(a) Put on an artififcal leg.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Turned on the television.
(d) Fried an egg for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr.Mader was packing to go where?

2. Where did Thorby hide from the patrolman?

3. What did the youngster call Thorby when serving his meals?

4. What was outside the entrance of Thorby's home?

5. How did Baslim die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the beggar get the boy home to his hole?

2. What is Joy Street?

3. Describe Captain Krausa.

4. What are Thorby's sleeping habits?

5. What is Dr.Mader's opinion of The People's freedom?

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

7. Describe what Mother Sharum saw the night she helped smuggle Thorby to the shipyard.

8. Why does Baslim dislike hypnosis?

9. Describe what Thorby bought sightseeing on Lorsian.

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

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