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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts Kin and Silver's conversation?
(a) A fight breaks out in the great hall.
(b) Silver suddenly falls asleep.
(c) The locals ask them to move on.
(d) A large meteor falls nearby.

2. What do the locals want to do with Kin?
(a) Send her to an inquisition.
(b) Send her to a convent.
(c) Perform an exorcism on her.
(d) Execute her.

3. 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 merchant.
(c) A Djinnee.
(d) A talking statue.

4. In what type of a building are Marco and Silver imprisoned?
(a) A dungeon.
(b) An arena.
(c) A tower.
(d) A zoo.

5. How is Kin able to communicate remotely with Silver?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) A communication device implanted in her palm.
(c) A guard smuggles her letter out of the prison.
(d) An earpiece.

6. Kin and Silver discuss what unusual property of the stars?
(a) They move in unpredictably.
(b) They are vanishing more and more rapidly.
(c) The flicker out sometimes.
(d) They seem to be getting closer.

7. For what does the man whom the characters meet in the desert want to trade?
(a) The destroyed dumbwaiter.
(b) The space suits.
(c) Silver's services as a linguist.
(d) The rights to salvage the crashed ship.

8. Who pleads with Kin's captors not to do what they were planning to do with her?
(a) A young woman.
(b) Another captive.
(c) A priest.
(d) The local mayor.

9. Who catches the raven?
(a) Marco.
(b) Silver.
(c) The winged demon.
(d) Kin.

10. What special properties does the magical lamp possess?
(a) It brings misfortune to anyone who touches it.
(b) It can light a room of any size.
(c) It grants wishes if a special word is spoken.
(d) A Djinnee lives inside it.

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

12. What do Kin and the others learn from the Djinnee about the center of the flat planet?
(a) There is nothing there.
(b) It is forbidden for anyone to come near it.
(c) It is protected by a force field.
(d) It is guarded by demons.

13. What does Kin take with her from her hiding place?
(a) A bag of coins.
(b) A spyglass.
(c) A sword.
(d) A map.

14. What does the group discover at the center of the ship?
(a) A secret chamber in the ship.
(b) A hole leading to an underground tunnel.
(c) A hatch that was embedded under the ground.
(d) The raven.

15. The group discovers a monument of some kind which is somewhat like which real world monument?
(a) The Taj Mahal.
(b) The Washington Monument.
(c) Stone Henge.
(d) Mount Rushmore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the explorers sleep that night?

2. How does Kin propose to find new Shand proteins for Silver?

3. What does Kin dislike about the way Marco rescues her?

4. What did Kin do that contributed to her being arrested by the locals?

5. With regards to Silver's impending madness, what course of action does Kin initially suggest?

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