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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 123-152.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Kin able to communicate remotely with Silver?
(a) An earpiece.
(b) A guard smuggles her letter out of the prison.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) A communication device implanted in her palm.

3. Becoming a watcher requires what sacrifice?
(a) Leaving normal human society forever.
(b) The employee must be put to sleep for several generations.
(c) The forfeiture of all day credits.
(d) Never being able to return to Earth.

4. What is Marco's opinion about the demon?
(a) He thinks it is leading the group into a trap.
(b) He dislikes it and wants to kill it.
(c) He wants to trust it, but can't bring himself to.
(d) He empathizes with its violent spirit.

5. What do the explorers hope to find at the center of the planet?
(a) Machinery to repair their spacecraft.
(b) The Spindle Kings.
(c) Jago's contacts on the planet.
(d) A control room and the Builders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to what the company can produce, what can be said about the demon's technology?

2. What does Macro initially not like about Silver?

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

4. Jago Jalo has a device that allows him to do which of the following?

5. How does Marco view himself?

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