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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. What is Silver's profession?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Historian.
(c) Linguist.
(d) Astrogator.
2. The Company's treatments can extend human life for at least how long?
(a) Five hundred years.
(b) One hundred years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Thousands of years.
3. What is Kin Arad's job?
(a) To edit histoy books.
(b) To oversee the creation of new planets.
(c) To manage the Disc.
(d) To pilot space probes.
4. What does Macro initially not like about Silver?
(a) Her ingratiating politeness.
(b) Her abruptness and rudeness.
(c) Her frightening appearance.
(d) He does not like members of her race.
5. Why does Kin decide to go with Jago?
(a) The Company orders her to go.
(b) Money.
(c) She needs to flee from the Company.
(d) Curiosity.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Kin and Jago need to do at the first planet to which they are headed?
2. Why does Jago Jalo select Kin to see the planet he has discovered?
3. The Great Spindle Kings were believed to have what capability?
4. Which of the following best describes the first reactions of the flat planet's inhabitants to Kin and her companions?
5. Which of the following is true of Kin's past relationships?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Kin's interests, outside of her work?
2. What things are unusual about the ship that Jago arranged for the expedition?
3. How are the explorers able to communicate with the inhabitants of the flat planet?
4. How did the strata machine chance human history?
5. What does a watcher do, and what is required of a watcher?
6. Who is Jago Jalo, and why does he seek out Kin Arad?
7. For whom does Kin Arad work, and what does she do?
8. Describe Silver's appearance and personality. Why is she interested in the flat planet?
9. Who were the Spindle Kings, and what were they like?
10. What does the Kung bartender's action say about Kin's fame?
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