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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what kind of a formation do kin and the others land to spend their first night on the flat planet?
(a) A mountain.
(b) An island.
(c) A volcanoe.
(d) A plateau.

2. After taking the shuttle, how does Kin get to the ship arranged for her by Jago?
(a) By boat.
(b) By train.
(c) On foot.
(d) By hovercraft.

3. How is the ship piloted down to the planet?
(a) By following a robotic bird.
(b) Through a hole in its atmosphere.
(c) By tractor beams.
(d) By an automated computer.

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

5. Kin thinks that the humans on the flat planet suspect which of the following?
(a) Their planet is artificial.
(b) The ship is an alien craft.
(c) The ship is an instrument of the devil.
(d) Their planet is flat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Kin and the others decide to do with the ship?

2. What is the result of the attack on Kin and the others?

3. Which of the following is true of Kin's past relationships?

4. In their first morning on the flat planet, what attempts to visit Kin and the others?

5. What race is Silver?

Short Essay Questions

1. For whom does Kin Arad work, and what does she do?

2. Describe Silver's appearance and personality. Why is she interested in the flat planet?

3. Why does Kin feel conflicted about going with Jago?

4. How are the explorers able to communicate with the inhabitants of the flat planet?

5. What evidence does Jago produce to back up his claims about the flat planet?

6. How does Jago die?

7. What is unusual about the raven's behavior as the group prepares to leave Kung?

8. What are Shand proteins, and how are they important to Silver?

9. What are Kin's interests, outside of her work?

10. How do Kin and the others help the sailors who try to visit them?

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