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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kin wrote a popular book on what subject?
(a) The Spindle Kings.
(b) The Wheelers.
(c) The strata machine.
(d) The time before the Company.

2. What do Kin and the others do with Jago?
(a) They dispose of his body.
(b) They check him into a hospital.
(c) They place him in a medical sphere for later recovery.
(d) They leave him on the flight pad.

3. Who joins Kin Arad at the lounge?
(a) Silver.
(b) Marco Farfarer.
(c) Jago Jalo.
(d) Joel.

4. What is Kin Arad's job?
(a) To manage the Disc.
(b) To pilot space probes.
(c) To oversee the creation of new planets.
(d) To edit histoy books.

5. What does Silver learn about by studying Kin's books?
(a) The history of the Spindle Kings and the Wheelers.
(b) Kin's work with the Company.
(c) The history of humanity.
(d) Kin's life-story.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what planet was Marco raised?

2. Why does Kin decide to go with Jago?

3. Marco shows the native people how to use the dumbwaiter by helping them program it to make what?

4. What does a "watcher" do?

5. The natives that Kin and the others initially meet are similar to what historical culture on Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the strata machine chance human history?

2. How are the explorers able to communicate with the inhabitants of the flat planet?

3. Describe the steps Kin goes through to get to the ship after she arrives at Kung.

4. Describe the explorers first interactions with the inhabitants of the flat planet.

5. What does the Kung bartender's action say about Kin's fame?

6. What things are unusual about the ship that Jago arranged for the expedition?

7. How do Kin and the others help the sailors who try to visit them?

8. How does Jago die?

9. Describe Silver's appearance and personality. Why is she interested in the flat planet?

10. What are some of the technological resources that the group has at their disposal, and how will these things help them?

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