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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 did Baslim have the slave boy do first?

2. Who is Baslim the Cripple?

3. Baslim began teaching Thorby to do what?

4. What is Auntie Singham's profession?

5. Who did she leave her keys with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the captain do for Thorby?

3. What does Thorby discover after he returns home after attempting to deliver the message at the ship harbor?

4. Why does Thorby's thigh hurt?

5. What message does Thorby give to the captain, and how is it believable?

6. In the ship's school what is the subject Thorby excelled at?

7. How was Thorby smuggled to the shipyards?

8. What happened that Thorby wanted to be seen?

9. What did Thorby learn of the begging trade?

10. Describe lot ninety-seven.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to write about.

Part 1) Why did Mother Shaum choose to help Thorby?

Part 2) Why did Chief Office, Mother, from the Sisu send Thorby a large sum of money after Thorby had left?

Part 3) How does Thorby react to large sums of money as compared to the money he received from begging? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Baslim had been reluctant to use hypnosis on Thorby but eventually did in order to help Thorby be rid of the nightmares.

Part 1) Explain the role that hypnotism played in the story and why Baslim seemed to be opposed to the use of it.

Part 2) If hypnosis could be used in real life with the certainty that it was used in the story, what problems would come form its use? What benefits?

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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