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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Spindle Kings were believed to have what characteristic?
(a) They lived in vast hive cities.
(b) They had an insect-like colony system.
(c) They prefered to be alone.
(d) They were extremely warlike.

3. After the explorers and the sailors are attacked during the trip to the sailor's homeland, Kin draws what conclusion about the attackers?
(a) They are just misunderstood.
(b) They are robots made with very advanced technology.
(c) They were summoned by the natives.
(d) They were illusions.

4. What is Kin Arad's job?
(a) To oversee the creation of new planets.
(b) To pilot space probes.
(c) To edit histoy books.
(d) To manage the Disc.

5. How old is Kin Arad?
(a) Thousands of years old.
(b) Twenty years old.
(c) A hundred years old.
(d) Five hundred years old.

6. One of the devices that Jago Jalo shows to Kin is capable of creating unlimited amounts of which of the following?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Money.
(d) Wine.

7. The characters see what feature at the edge of the flat planet?
(a) A machine city.
(b) A huge wall of water.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) An enormous hologram.

8. What is Joel's relationship to Kin?
(a) He is her coworker.
(b) He is her ex-husband.
(c) He is her supervisor.
(d) She is his supervisor.

9. What was the profession of Marco's real parents?
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Translators.
(c) Ambassadors.
(d) Diplomats.

10. What does the bartender request from Kin?
(a) Her autograph.
(b) Her fingerprint.
(c) Her voice imprint for his tape translation of her book.
(d) Her picture.

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

12. What do Kin and Jago need to do at the first planet to which they are headed?
(a) Find a crew for their ship.
(b) Meet with Jago's employer.
(c) Escape from the Company's oversight.
(d) Meet up with the ship that will go to the flat planet.

13. Jago Jalo believes that the flat Earth was created by which group?
(a) The Company.
(b) The Wheelers.
(c) The Builders.
(d) The Spindle Kings.

14. Which of the following best characterizes the Kung?
(a) They are peace-loving.
(b) They are prone to violence.
(c) They love exploration.
(d) They are xenophobic.

15. How does Marco view himself?
(a) As a skilled pilot.
(b) As a warrior.
(c) As a human.
(d) As a traditionalist Kung.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the ship piloted down to the planet?

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

4. Why does Jago try to force Marco and Silver from the ship?

5. What does Macro initially not like about Silver?

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