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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Kin Arad works for which of the following groups?
(a) The Company.
(b) The Builders.
(c) The Spindle Kings.
(d) The Computers.

4. Without day credits, employees of the Company would suffer what effects?
(a) Senility.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Rapid aging.
(d) Almost immediate death.

5. What does Jago want from Kin?
(a) He wants to buy her day credits.
(b) He wants her to build a planet for him.
(c) He wants her to see the flat planet.
(d) He wants her to pilot his ship to the flat planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about the stars at the destination?

2. The Spindle Kings were believed to have created new planets for what purpose?

3. Why does Silver go by a nickname?

4. Becoming a watcher requires what sacrifice?

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

(see the answer key)

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