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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Great Spindle Kings were believed to have what capability?
(a) Telekinesis.
(b) Clairvoyance.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) Immortality.

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

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

5. In their first morning on the flat planet, what attempts to visit Kin and the others?
(a) A seafaring ship.
(b) A demon.
(c) A spirit.
(d) The raven.

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

7. The Company's treatments can extend human life for at least how long?
(a) Thousands of years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Five hundred years.

8. Who joins Kin Arad at the lounge?
(a) Jago Jalo.
(b) Joel.
(c) Marco Farfarer.
(d) Silver.

9. When Kin agrees to go with Jago Jalo, he arranges to take her first to what planet?
(a) Shand.
(b) Old Earth.
(c) Earth's first colony.
(d) Kung.

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

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

12. The native people agree to do what for Kin and her companions?
(a) Trade with them.
(b) Protect them.
(c) Take them to their homeland.
(d) Help repair the spaceship using the dumbwaiter.

13. What is Kin waiting for in the lounge in orbit around Kung?
(a) An old friend.
(b) Exchange of her day bills into Kung currency.
(c) Jago Jalo's next instructions.
(d) A shuttle to the planet's surface.

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

15. What is unusual about the ship that Jago has arranged for the expedition?
(a) It is bright pink.
(b) It uses enormous solar sails.
(c) It is shaped like a doughnut.
(d) It can't leave the atmosphere on its own.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Kin and the others do with Jago?

3. What does the bartender request from Kin?

4. What is the function of a strata machine?

5. What is Joel's relationship to Kin?

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