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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 27-51.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Company's treatments can extend human life for at least how long?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Thousands of years.

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

4. Which of the following is true of the duration of the journey to the flat planet?
(a) Kin and the others must stop several times to have the ship fixed.
(b) It takes less time than anyone could have expected.
(c) It takes a long time.
(d) The ship travels there instantaneously.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kin become upset when the expedition gets underway?

2. The Spindle Kings were believed to have what characteristic?

3. What is the function of a strata machine?

4. According to Joel, Company employees who do not receive life-extending treatments would continue to possess what quality?

5. What is Kin Arad's job?

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