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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within the company, how is the position of "watcher" regarded?
(a) It is a very high-ranking position.
(b) It is a very low-ranking position.
(c) It is not ideal.
(d) It is a way to get into upper management.

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

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

4. Which of the following best describes the first reactions of the flat planet's inhabitants to Kin and her companions?
(a) A total lack of interest.
(b) Hatred and violence.
(c) Fear.
(d) Curiosity and civility.

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

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

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

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

9. What will happen to Silver if she goes without the crucial thing she needs from the dumbwaiter?
(a) She will not be able to focus.
(b) She will die.
(c) She will go insane.
(d) She will get lost.

10. What does Kin initially like about Silver?
(a) Her independant, headstrong nature.
(b) Her pleasant demeanor.
(c) Her obedience.
(d) Her interest in the Spindle Kings.

11. What is the function of a strata machine?
(a) Its function is unknown.
(b) It creates new worlds.
(c) It extends human life.
(d) It allows interstellar travel.

12. Why does Jago Jalo select Kin to see the planet he has discovered?
(a) She knows how to create new planets.
(b) She is well known for handling sensitive information.
(c) She is an expert on the Spindle Kings.
(d) She is capable of navigating a ship to it.

13. Why does Kin decide to go with Jago?
(a) She needs to flee from the Company.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Money.
(d) The Company orders her to go.

14. What does Silver learn about by studying Kin's books?
(a) Kin's life-story.
(b) The history of the Spindle Kings and the Wheelers.
(c) The history of humanity.
(d) Kin's work with the Company.

15. What is the relationship between the Wheelers and the Spindle Kings?
(a) The Spindle Kings gave advanced technology to the Wheelers.
(b) The Wheelers wiped out the Spindle Kings.
(c) The Wheelers predated the Spindle Kings.
(d) They signed a treaty, but the Wheelers mysteriously disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the ship that Jago has arranged for the expedition?

2. After the explorers and the sailors are attacked during the trip to the sailor's homeland, Kin draws what conclusion about the attackers?

3. Why does Kin become upset when the expedition gets underway?

4. What do Kin and Jago need to do at the first planet to which they are headed?

5. Who pilots the ship to the flat planet?

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