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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the devices that Jago Jalo shows to Kin is capable of creating unlimited amounts of which of the following?
(a) Water.
(b) Money.
(c) Wine.
(d) Food.

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

3. What is Kin waiting for in the lounge in orbit around Kung?
(a) An old friend.
(b) A shuttle to the planet's surface.
(c) Exchange of her day bills into Kung currency.
(d) Jago Jalo's next instructions.

4. The space suits that Kin and the others don give them what capability?
(a) Automatic weaponry.
(b) Immunity to hunger and thirst.
(c) Flight.
(d) Invisibility.

5. Without day credits, employees of the Company would suffer what effects?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Senility.
(c) Rapid aging.
(d) Almost immediate death.

6. What do Kin and the others do with Jago?
(a) They leave him on the flight pad.
(b) They dispose of his body.
(c) They place him in a medical sphere for later recovery.
(d) They check him into a hospital.

7. Which of the following best describes the first reactions of the flat planet's inhabitants to Kin and her companions?
(a) Fear.
(b) A total lack of interest.
(c) Hatred and violence.
(d) Curiosity and civility.

8. What does the bartender give to Kin?
(a) A raven in a cage.
(b) A warning.
(c) A free tab.
(d) A wrapped gift.

9. What are the Spindle Kings credited with creating?
(a) The Earth's sun.
(b) Earth and all other planets.
(c) All life in the universe.
(d) The strata machine.

10. The Company's treatments can extend human life for at least how long?
(a) Thousands of years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Five hundred years.

11. What danger confronts the thing that attempts to visit Kin and the others?
(a) The spaceship's automatic defenses.
(b) The current of the waterfall.
(c) A sudden and mysterious wind.
(d) The raven's attacks.

12. What is Joel's relationship to Kin?
(a) He is her supervisor.
(b) He is her ex-husband.
(c) He is her coworker.
(d) She is his supervisor.

13. What do Kin and the others decide to do with the ship?
(a) Hide it.
(b) Destroy it.
(c) Abandon it.
(d) Put it on autopilot.

14. What does Kin initially like about Silver?
(a) Her obedience.
(b) Her pleasant demeanor.
(c) Her interest in the Spindle Kings.
(d) Her independant, headstrong nature.

15. What is the result of the attack on Kin and the others?
(a) They drive off the attackers temporarily.
(b) They become separated.
(c) They kill all of the attackers.
(d) Their ship is totally destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jago try to force Marco and Silver from the ship?

2. The Spindle Kings were believed to have what characteristic?

3. Who pilots the ship to the flat planet?

4. The natives that Kin and the others initially meet are similar to what historical culture on Earth?

5. The native people agree to do what for Kin and her companions?

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