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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within the company, how is the position of "watcher" regarded?
(a) It is a way to get into upper management.
(b) It is a very low-ranking position.
(c) It is a very high-ranking position.
(d) It is not ideal.

2. The ship is stocked with a huge number and variety of what?
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Hunting trophies.

3. What race is Silver?
(a) Human.
(b) Kung.
(c) Wheeler.
(d) Shand.

4. Becoming a watcher requires what sacrifice?
(a) Never being able to return to Earth.
(b) Leaving normal human society forever.
(c) The employee must be put to sleep for several generations.
(d) The forfeiture of all day credits.

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

6. Why does Jago try to force Marco and Silver from the ship?
(a) They have brought recording equipment.
(b) They refuse to pay for the journey.
(c) They want to share information about the flat planet.
(d) They are not human.

7. What does Kin do with Jago's forgery?
(a) Destroys it.
(b) Has it tested.
(c) Gives it to Joel.
(d) Forgets about it.

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

9. Jago Jalo believes that the flat Earth was created by which group?
(a) The Wheelers.
(b) The Builders.
(c) The Spindle Kings.
(d) The Company.

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

11. Why does Silver agree to go on the expedition?
(a) Because she owes Jago a favor.
(b) For its historical significance.
(c) She is bored with her home planet.
(d) For personal reasons that she does not share.

12. 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) Food.
(d) Wine.

13. Why does Silver go by a nickname?
(a) She only shares her real name with trusted friends.
(b) Her name can't be pronounced by humans.
(c) She has forgotten her real name.
(d) Her name is six syllables long.

14. The Spindle Kings were believed to have created new planets for what purpose?
(a) So they could be more alone.
(b) To create new kinds of life.
(c) To escape their dying planet.
(d) Curiosity.

15. How old is Kin Arad?
(a) Thousands of years old.
(b) Five hundred years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) A hundred years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kin decide to go with Jago?

2. How does Marco view himself?

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

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

5. Where are Shand proteins naturally found?

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