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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kin theorizes that the flow of water on the planet is controlled in what way?
(a) By force fields.
(b) By a huge machine.
(c) By gravity.
(d) It is not controlled, and the planet is losing water.

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

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

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

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

7. How is the ship piloted down to the planet?
(a) By following a robotic bird.
(b) Through a hole in its atmosphere.
(c) By an automated computer.
(d) By tractor beams.

8. How is the ship piloted?
(a) Using telepathy.
(b) By autopilot.
(c) Using film left by Jago.
(d) By aiming directly for a certain star.

9. After taking the shuttle, how does Kin get to the ship arranged for her by Jago?
(a) On foot.
(b) By boat.
(c) By train.
(d) By hovercraft.

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

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

12. What impacts the ship as it approaches the surface of the flat planet?
(a) A sea-faring ship.
(b) A rock thrown by a catapult.
(c) A missile.
(d) A meteor.

13. When Kin agrees to go with Jago Jalo, he arranges to take her first to what planet?
(a) Kung.
(b) Old Earth.
(c) Shand.
(d) Earth's first colony.

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

15. What is the relationship between the Wheelers and the Spindle Kings?
(a) They signed a treaty, but the Wheelers mysteriously disappeared.
(b) The Spindle Kings gave advanced technology to the Wheelers.
(c) The Wheelers wiped out the Spindle Kings.
(d) The Wheelers predated the Spindle Kings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a "watcher" do?

3. How does the raven escape from its cage?

4. What do Kin and the others do with Jago?

5. Which of the following is true of the duration of the journey to the flat planet?

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