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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 strange about the stars at the destination?
(a) The constellations are out of place.
(b) They appear familiar, but they are pointed the wrong direction.
(c) They are almost impossible to see.
(d) They are larger than usual.

2. What do Kin and the others do with Jago?
(a) They check him into a hospital.
(b) They dispose of his body.
(c) They place him in a medical sphere for later recovery.
(d) They leave him on the flight pad.

3. Why does Silver agree to go on the expedition?
(a) She is bored with her home planet.
(b) For its historical significance.
(c) For personal reasons that she does not share.
(d) Because she owes Jago a favor.

4. Which of the following is true of Kin's past relationships?
(a) She has had many children.
(b) She has only married once.
(c) She professes never to have loved anyone.
(d) She has had many former husbands.

5. Without day credits, employees of the Company would suffer what effects?
(a) Senility.
(b) Almost immediate death.
(c) Rapid aging.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Within the company, how is the position of "watcher" regarded?

2. Kin and the others discover what about the history of the flat planet?

3. What does the bartender request from Kin?

4. The characters see what feature at the edge of the flat planet?

5. What is Joel's relationship to Kin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Jago Jalo, and why does he seek out Kin Arad?

4. How did the strata machine chance human history?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the result of the attack on the group, and what do they learn about their attackers?

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

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