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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts Kin the second time she tries to bathe?
(a) A sudden storm.
(b) A distress call from Silver.
(c) An attack by a dragon.
(d) A group of men who take her into custody.

2. How does the winged demon communicate with Kin?
(a) By telepathy.
(b) By writing with its claw.
(c) It does not communicate in any way.
(d) By taking control of people around it and forcing them to speak.

3. What did Kin do that contributed to her being arrested by the locals?
(a) She refused to let Marco investigate the area.
(b) She used technological devices that seemed like witchcraft.
(c) She was trespassing.
(d) She didn't listen to Silver's warnings.

4. Why has the spaceship moved to a new location?
(a) No one knows.
(b) It was swept away by a huge current.
(c) The locals moved it.
(d) It was flying on autopilot on its own.

5. The explorers conclude what about the machinery of the flat planet?
(a) It is getting old and wearing out.
(b) It is not as advanced as they thought.
(c) It is out of control.
(d) It is manipulating the inhabitants.

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

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

8. What is the result of Kin's attempt to take revenge for her friend's imprisonment?
(a) She is badly injured.
(b) The building is destroyed.
(c) The entire town guard is alerted.
(d) The building is set on fire.

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

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

11. Of what is the magical table made?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Oak.
(c) Marble.
(d) Steel.

12. How does Kin encounter the winged demon?
(a) It appears and offers to free her.
(b) She sees it briefly during her escape.
(c) It is placed in the cell next to her.
(d) She sees it moving through the prison's walls.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the explorers see as they fly over the ocean after leaving the sailor's home?

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

3. What are the real motives of the man whom the characters meet in the desert?

4. What destroys the dumbwaiter?

5. What does the group discover at the center of the ship?

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