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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Silver go by a nickname?
(a) She only shares her real name with trusted friends.
(b) Her name can't be pronounced by humans.
(c) She has forgotten her real name.
(d) Her name is six syllables long.

2. Kin Arad works for which of the following groups?
(a) The Company.
(b) The Spindle Kings.
(c) The Builders.
(d) The Computers.

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

4. Why do the characters fly the ship around the flat planet?
(a) To slow the ship's orbit.
(b) To make a safe landing.
(c) To avoid its defenses.
(d) To examine it more closely.

5. According to Joel, Company employees who do not receive life-extending treatments would continue to possess what quality?
(a) Their young appearance.
(b) All of their memories.
(c) Their loyalty to the Company.
(d) Their mental capability.

6. 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 get lost.
(d) She will go insane.

7. The bartender gives something to Kin, why does he do so?
(a) Someone left it as a gift for Jago.
(b) He appreciates her attention.
(c) He is worried about her.
(d) She leaves a generous tip.

8. How is the ship piloted?
(a) By autopilot.
(b) Using film left by Jago.
(c) Using telepathy.
(d) By aiming directly for a certain star.

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

10. The Company typically compensates its employees in what way?
(a) By allowing them to colonize new planets.
(b) By allowing them to travel between planets.
(c) By granting them secrets about the Spindle Kings.
(d) By extending their lives.

11. Kin and the others discover what about the history of the flat planet?
(a) It is very similar to Earth's.
(b) There are many obvious contradictions in it.
(c) It is radically different from Earth's.
(d) No one remembers its history before about a hundred years ago.

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

13. The space suits that Kin and the others don give them what capability?
(a) Invisibility.
(b) Automatic weaponry.
(c) Immunity to hunger and thirst.
(d) Flight.

14. What do Kin and the others do with Jago?
(a) They check him into a hospital.
(b) They place him in a medical sphere for later recovery.
(c) They dispose of his body.
(d) They leave him on the flight pad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the devices that Jago Jalo shows to Kin is capable of creating unlimited amounts of which of the following?

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

3. Why does Kin decide to go with Jago?

4. What race is Silver?

5. What is Kin Arad's job?

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