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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 plateau.
(d) A volcanoe.

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

3. Who joins Kin Arad at the lounge?
(a) Jago Jalo.
(b) Marco Farfarer.
(c) Joel.
(d) Silver.

4. Why does Kin become upset when the expedition gets underway?
(a) She has decided to back out.
(b) She hates space travel.
(c) She is distressed by Jago's condition.
(d) She doesn't get along with Marco and Silver.

5. Jago Jalo believes that the flat Earth was created by which group?
(a) The Company.
(b) The Builders.
(c) The Wheelers.
(d) The Spindle Kings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the raven escape from its cage?

3. What is Joel's relationship to Kin?

4. Which character claims to have visited a planet with technology so advanced it could have only been created by the Spindle Kings?

5. After the explorers and the sailors are attacked during the trip to the sailor's homeland, Kin draws what conclusion about the attackers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Kung bartender's action say about Kin's fame?

3. What does the Company provide for humanity as a whole and, specifically, for its employees?

4. What are some of the technological resources that the group has at their disposal, and how will these things help them?

5. What happens to the ship during its approach to the surface, and what is the result of this?

6. Describe the steps Kin goes through to get to the ship after she arrives at Kung.

7. Who were the Spindle Kings, and what were they like?

8. Describe the explorers first interactions with the inhabitants of the flat planet.

9. What is Marco's background, and what does he believe about himself?

10. How does Jago die?

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