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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the Spindle Kings credited with creating?
(a) The strata machine.
(b) Earth and all other planets.
(c) The Earth's sun.
(d) All life in the universe.

5. 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 were illusions.
(b) They are robots made with very advanced technology.
(c) They were summoned by the natives.
(d) They are just misunderstood.

6. What is the result of the attack on Kin and the others?
(a) They kill all of the attackers.
(b) Their ship is totally destroyed.
(c) They become separated.
(d) They drive off the attackers temporarily.

7. 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) Find a crew for their ship.
(c) Meet with Jago's employer.
(d) Escape from the Company's oversight.

8. Which of the following is true of Kin's past relationships?
(a) She professes never to have loved anyone.
(b) She has had many former husbands.
(c) She has had many children.
(d) She has only married once.

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

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

11. During their trip to the sailor's homeland, what are the protagonists are attacked by?
(a) Sea monsters.
(b) Fire-breathing dragons.
(c) Giants.
(d) Griphons.

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

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

14. What is Silver's profession?
(a) Linguist.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Astrogator.
(d) Historian.

15. What does a "watcher" do?
(a) Monitors the Terminus project.
(b) Watches the progress of colonists on a new world.
(c) Oversees the creation of new planets.
(d) Looks for evidence of the Spindle Kings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the bartender give to Kin?

3. What does Kin do with Jago's forgery?

4. What is the function of a strata machine?

5. What is the relationship between the Wheelers and the Spindle Kings?

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