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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Compared to what the company can produce, what can be said about the demon's technology?
(a) It is more advanced than the Company's technology.
(b) It appears very similar to 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.

3. When they land on an island after leaving the sailor's people, what does Kin attempt to do?
(a) Determine their latitude and longitude.
(b) Bathe.
(c) Find the locals.
(d) Start a cooking fire.

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

5. The flying statue that takes Kin out of the place she hides in has the form of which of the following?
(a) A giant eagle.
(b) A horse.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A griffin.

6. What do the explorers steal as they flee after the man whom they meet in the desert turns on them?
(a) A magic lamp.
(b) A number of gold coins.
(c) A flying carpet.
(d) A magical sword.

7. 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.

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

9. What does Kin ask Marco to do with the demon?
(a) Kill it.
(b) Take it captive.
(c) See if it is also a robot.
(d) Free it.

10. What is done with Kin after her captors change their minds?
(a) She is sent to the local prince for judgement.
(b) She is placed in a cell.
(c) She is released.
(d) She is sent to the local bishop for judgement.

11. The destroyed water pipe is believed to perform what function?
(a) Returns water from the edge of the disc.
(b) Carries fresh water to a nearby well.
(c) Fills a nearby lake.
(d) Drains the surrounding area.

12. What do the explorers see as they fly over the ocean after leaving the sailor's home?
(a) A huge collection of sunken ships.
(b) A strange dead animal.
(c) An impossibly large whale.
(d) Seafaring craft from a variety of cultures.

13. What do Kin and Silver conclude about the raven?
(a) It came from the flat planet originally.
(b) It is a normal raven.
(c) It is some kind of spy.
(d) It wants to kill them.

14. With regards to Silver's impending madness, what course of action does Kin initially suggest?
(a) Silver should go back to the ship until Kin and Marco return for her.
(b) They should abandon Silver.
(c) Everyone should stay calm until they reach the hub.
(d) They should try to find a "magical" device that can produce Shand proteins.

15. What is unusual about the demon's appearance?
(a) It is fuzzy around the edges.
(b) Everyone finds that they want to look away from it.
(c) Its skin color shifts and changes.
(d) It is blurry when viewed at a distance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Kin's attempt to take revenge for her friend's imprisonment?

2. What does the group eventually decide to do with the winged demon?

3. What unusual thing about the ocean do the explorer's notice as they fly over it after leaving the sailor's home?

4. After they make contact with the sailors and their people, where do the explorers decide to try to head?

5. 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?

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