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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The characters see what feature at the edge of the flat planet?
(a) An enormous hologram.
(b) A machine city.
(c) A huge wall of water.
(d) A waterfall.

2. The Company typically compensates its employees in what way?
(a) By extending their lives.
(b) By allowing them to colonize new planets.
(c) By granting them secrets about the Spindle Kings.
(d) By allowing them to travel between planets.

3. What will happen to Silver if she goes without the crucial thing she needs from the dumbwaiter?
(a) She will die.
(b) She will not be able to focus.
(c) She will get lost.
(d) She will go insane.

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

5. The Great Spindle Kings were believed to have what capability?
(a) Clairvoyance.
(b) Telepathy.
(c) Telekinesis.
(d) Immortality.

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

7. Kin and the others discover what about the history of the flat planet?
(a) It is radically different from Earth's.
(b) No one remembers its history before about a hundred years ago.
(c) It is very similar to Earth's.
(d) There are many obvious contradictions in it.

8. On what planet was Marco raised?
(a) Shard.
(b) The flat planet.
(c) Kung.
(d) Earth.

9. On what kind of a formation do kin and the others land to spend their first night on the flat planet?
(a) An island.
(b) A volcanoe.
(c) A plateau.
(d) A mountain.

10. How many day bills does Kin Arad have?
(a) She owes a significant number to the company.
(b) Almost none.
(c) Many more than she needs for the time being.
(d) Enough to last for the next year, and no more.

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

12. Jago Jalo has a device that allows him to do which of the following?
(a) Walk through walls.
(b) Fly.
(c) See into the near future.
(d) Disappear and reappear at will.

13. According to Joel, Company employees who do not receive life-extending treatments would continue to possess what quality?
(a) All of their memories.
(b) Their mental capability.
(c) Their loyalty to the Company.
(d) Their young appearance.

14. Which of the following is true of Kin's past relationships?
(a) She has had many children.
(b) She has had many former husbands.
(c) She professes never to have loved anyone.
(d) She has only married once.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Without day credits, employees of the Company would suffer what effects?

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

3. What is Silver's profession?

4. Kin thinks that the humans on the flat planet suspect which of the following?

5. After the explorers and the sailors are attacked during the trip to the sailor's homeland, Kin draws what conclusion about the attackers?

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