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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With regards to Silver's impending madness, what course of action does Kin initially suggest?
(a) They should abandon Silver.
(b) They should try to find a "magical" device that can produce Shand proteins.
(c) Silver should go back to the ship until Kin and Marco return for her.
(d) Everyone should stay calm until they reach the hub.

2. The group concludes that the demon must use a very advanced form of what technology?
(a) Jet propulsion.
(b) Laser beams.
(c) Teleportation.
(d) Psychic control.

3. Soon after rescuing Kin, the group discovers what kind of a structure?
(a) A quarry.
(b) A long wall.
(c) A temple.
(d) A pyramid.

4. 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.

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

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

7. What interrupts Kin and Silver's conversation?
(a) The locals ask them to move on.
(b) A fight breaks out in the great hall.
(c) A large meteor falls nearby.
(d) Silver suddenly falls asleep.

8. 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 creates objects of high technology that don't fit in the world.
(c) He tries to program it to make another dumbwaiter.
(d) He uses it too often, causing the locals to accuse him of witchcraft.

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

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

11. What special property does the flying carpet have?
(a) It always returns to its owner.
(b) A protective shield prevents anyone from falling off.
(c) It changes colors.
(d) It doesn't work for anyone but its owner.

12. What does Kin dislike about the way Marco rescues her?
(a) He takes too long in coming to her rescue.
(b) He uses excessive force against the guards.
(c) He tries to make himself seem like a hero.
(d) He destroys the entire building she is held in.

13. Of what is the magical table made?
(a) Steel.
(b) Oak.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Marble.

14. The demon claims that is was knocked out of the sky by _________.
(a) A being similar to Silver.
(b) A boat.
(c) A falling star.
(d) A spaceship.

15. The man whom the characters meet in the desert wants to trade away what kind of an object?
(a) A flying statue.
(b) A flying carpet.
(c) A magical sword.
(d) A magical table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kin do that contributed to her being arrested by the locals?

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

3. When they land on an island after leaving the sailor's people, what does Kin attempt to do?

4. Where do the explorers sleep that night?

5. Why has the spaceship moved to a new location?

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