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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marco misuse the dumbwaiter during the group's first night at the sailor's homeland?
(a) He creates objects of high technology that don't fit in the world.
(b) He uses it too often, causing the locals to accuse him of witchcraft.
(c) He tries to program it to make another dumbwaiter.
(d) He allows the sailors to make beer and get drunk.

2. What do Kin and the others decide to do with the ship?
(a) Abandon it.
(b) Destroy it.
(c) Hide it.
(d) Put it on autopilot.

3. After taking the shuttle, how does Kin get to the ship arranged for her by Jago?
(a) By boat.
(b) By train.
(c) By hovercraft.
(d) On foot.

4. Why does Jago try to force Marco and Silver from the ship?
(a) They have brought recording equipment.
(b) They are not human.
(c) They want to share information about the flat planet.
(d) They refuse to pay for the journey.

5. How does Kin encounter the winged demon?
(a) It appears and offers to free her.
(b) She sees it moving through the prison's walls.
(c) She sees it briefly during her escape.
(d) It is placed in the cell next to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their trip to the sailor's homeland, what are the protagonists are attacked by?

2. What is the function of a strata machine?

3. Where are Shand proteins naturally found?

4. What sort of person is asked to act as a negotiator for the barter that takes place between the explorers and the man they meet in the desert?

5. Within the company, how is the position of "watcher" regarded?

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