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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 123-152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Compared to what the company can produce, what can be said about the demon's technology?
(a) It is primitive compared to the Company's technology.
(b) It is more advanced than the Company's technology.
(c) It appears very similar to the Company's technology.
(d) The Company is rumored to have this type of technology.

2. What does a "watcher" do?
(a) Monitors the Terminus project.
(b) Oversees the creation of new planets.
(c) Watches the progress of colonists on a new world.
(d) Looks for evidence of the Spindle Kings.

3. How does Marco view himself?
(a) As a traditionalist Kung.
(b) As a warrior.
(c) As a skilled pilot.
(d) As a human.

4. What sort of person is asked to act as a negotiator for the barter that takes place between the explorers and the man they meet in the desert?
(a) A priest.
(b) A talking statue.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A Djinnee.

5. Which of the following is true of the duration of the journey to the flat planet?
(a) The ship travels there instantaneously.
(b) Kin and the others must stop several times to have the ship fixed.
(c) It takes less time than anyone could have expected.
(d) It takes a long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual thing about the ocean do the explorer's notice as they fly over it after leaving the sailor's home?

2. What is Silver's profession?

3. What do Kin and the others decide to do with the ship?

4. After they make contact with the sailors and their people, where do the explorers decide to try to head?

5. Why does Jago Jalo select Kin to see the planet he has discovered?

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