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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the explorers sleep that night?
(a) In an inn.
(b) In a stable.
(c) In a great hall.
(d) On the floor of a crowded tavern.

2. Kin and Silver agree to give which of the following to the sailors in exchange for their help?
(a) Wine.
(b) Timber.
(c) Beer.
(d) Gold.

3. What do some of the characters come to suspect about the flat planet soon after rescuing Kin?
(a) The Company is related to it somehow.
(b) It is being repaired.
(c) It has an opposite side which is also inhabited.
(d) It was created by the Spindle Kings.

4. How did Kin acquire the object she uses to heal the injured locals?
(a) From a wizard-like invidiual.
(b) From the dumbwaiter.
(c) She found it mysteriously in her pack.
(d) She brought it from the ship.

5. What does the group discover at the center of the ship?
(a) The raven.
(b) A hatch that was embedded under the ground.
(c) A hole leading to an underground tunnel.
(d) A secret chamber in the ship.

6. What unusual thing about the ocean do the explorer's notice as they fly over it after leaving the sailor's home?
(a) It has no tides.
(b) It is divided into reserviors.
(c) There are numerous whirlpools in some areas..
(d) There is strange flow of water in at least one area..

7. What is done with Kin after her captors change their minds?
(a) She is released.
(b) She is sent to the local prince for judgement.
(c) She is placed in a cell.
(d) She is sent to the local bishop for judgement.

8. Where does the fight between Kin and the man that the character's bargained with take place?
(a) The room where the negotiation took place.
(b) The tower.
(c) The dungeon.
(d) The zoo.

9. What is Marco's opinion about the demon?
(a) He dislikes it and wants to kill it.
(b) He thinks it is leading the group into a trap.
(c) He empathizes with its violent spirit.
(d) He wants to trust it, but can't bring himself to.

10. What does Silver do when she begins to lose her sanity?
(a) She attacks Kin.
(b) She attempts to kill herself.
(c) She attacks Marco.
(d) She tells the others to go on without her.

11. Who greets the explorers when they land?
(a) An undertaker.
(b) A merchant.
(c) The captain's father.
(d) The king of the region.

12. What does Silver say about Marco while she is talking with Kin during their first night among the sailor's people?
(a) He is hiding something.
(b) He is less human than be believes.
(c) He will betray the group.
(d) He is too friendly with the locals.

13. How is Kin able to communicate remotely with Silver?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) A communication device implanted in her palm.
(c) A guard smuggles her letter out of the prison.
(d) An earpiece.

14. What are the real motives of the man whom the characters meet in the desert?
(a) He wants to rob Kin and the others.
(b) He wants to prevent Kin and the others from reaching the hub.
(c) He wants revenge for Jago's theft.
(d) He wants to turn Kin into the authorities for a bounty.

15. How does Marco misuse the dumbwaiter during the group's first night at the sailor's homeland?
(a) He allows the sailors to make beer and get drunk.
(b) He uses it too often, causing the locals to accuse him of witchcraft.
(c) He creates objects of high technology that don't fit in the world.
(d) He tries to program it to make another dumbwaiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kin propose to find new Shand proteins for Silver?

2. What does Kin dislike about the way Marco rescues her?

3. Where does the flying statue take Kin?

4. Where does the negotiation between the explorers and the man whom they meet in the desert take place?

5. What destroys the dumbwaiter?

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