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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kin and Silver discuss what unusual property of the stars?
(a) The flicker out sometimes.
(b) They seem to be getting closer.
(c) They move in unpredictably.
(d) They are vanishing more and more rapidly.

2. What is the result of Kin's attempt to take revenge for her friend's imprisonment?
(a) The building is destroyed.
(b) The entire town guard is alerted.
(c) The building is set on fire.
(d) She is badly injured.

3. After they make contact with the sailors and their people, where do the explorers decide to try to head?
(a) To the capital of the region.
(b) Back to the abandoned ship.
(c) To the center of the flat planet.
(d) To the edge of the planet.

4. The destroyed water pipe is believed to perform what function?
(a) Returns water from the edge of the disc.
(b) Fills a nearby lake.
(c) Carries fresh water to a nearby well.
(d) Drains the surrounding area.

5. What does Marco do with the demon, despite Kin's suggestion?
(a) He tries to reason with it.
(b) He kills it.
(c) He sets it free.
(d) He takes it prisoner.

6. Silver notices that the group is being followed by what?
(a) Dragons.
(b) A raven.
(c) Local people.
(d) The winged demon.

7. What do Kin and the others learn from the Djinnee about the center of the flat planet?
(a) It is protected by a force field.
(b) It is guarded by demons.
(c) There is nothing there.
(d) It is forbidden for anyone to come near it.

8. For what does the man whom the characters meet in the desert want to trade?
(a) The destroyed dumbwaiter.
(b) Silver's services as a linguist.
(c) The space suits.
(d) The rights to salvage the crashed ship.

9. How does the winged demon communicate with Kin?
(a) It does not communicate in any way.
(b) By telepathy.
(c) By taking control of people around it and forcing them to speak.
(d) By writing with its claw.

10. The flying statue that takes Kin out of the place she hides in has the form of which of the following?
(a) A horse.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A griffin.
(d) A giant eagle.

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

12. What kind of structure do Kin and the others discover as they approach the center of the flat planet?
(a) A tower.
(b) A fortress.
(c) A valley.
(d) A dome.

13. The group discovers a monument of some kind which is somewhat like which real world monument?
(a) Stone Henge.
(b) The Taj Mahal.
(c) Mount Rushmore.
(d) The Washington Monument.

14. Where does Kin hide from her captors?
(a) A storage room.
(b) A busy street.
(c) A crowded tavern.
(d) A market.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of person is asked to act as a negotiator for the barter that takes place between the explorers and the man they meet in the desert?

2. What interrupts Kin and Silver's conversation?

3. What do the explorers steal as they flee after the man whom they meet in the desert turns on them?

4. Where does the fight between Kin and the man that the character's bargained with take place?

5. What do the explorers see as they fly over the ocean after leaving the sailor's home?

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