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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are the Spindle Kings credited with creating?
(a) The Earth's sun.
(b) All life in the universe.
(c) The strata machine.
(d) Earth and all other planets.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Kin Arad?

3. What is Kin waiting for in the lounge in orbit around Kung?

4. Becoming a watcher requires what sacrifice?

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

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