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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 105-123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Silver agree to go on the expedition?
(a) Because she owes Jago a favor.
(b) She is bored with her home planet.
(c) For personal reasons that she does not share.
(d) For its historical significance.

2. Kin thinks that the humans on the flat planet suspect which of the following?
(a) The ship is an alien craft.
(b) Their planet is flat.
(c) The ship is an instrument of the devil.
(d) Their planet is artificial.

3. During their trip to the sailor's homeland, what are the protagonists are attacked by?
(a) Fire-breathing dragons.
(b) Griphons.
(c) Sea monsters.
(d) Giants.

4. The faith of the natives that Kin and the others first meet best approximates which world religion?
(a) Shintoism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Christianity.

5. What vital thing does Silver need from the dumbwaiter?
(a) Water.
(b) A recording device.
(c) Her books.
(d) Shand proteins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Silver notices that the group is being followed by what?

2. What is the result of the impact that occurs immediately after the ship arrives at the flat planet?

3. What impacts the ship as it approaches the surface of the flat planet?

4. Why does Kin think that the Company would never build a planet like the flat Earth?

5. Marco's mother underwent treatments before his birth to alter him in what way?

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