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

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

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

4. How does Kin propose to find new Shand proteins for Silver?
(a) By returning to the ship.
(b) By using a technological device from the flat planet.
(c) By going directly to Shand when they leave the flat planet.
(d) By searching for help at the hub.

5. What does Marco do with the demon, despite Kin's suggestion?
(a) He kills it.
(b) He tries to reason with it.
(c) He takes it prisoner.
(d) He sets it free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special property does the magical table possess?

2. What sort of person is asked to act as a negotiator for the barter that takes place between the explorers and the man they meet in the desert?

3. What do Kin and Silver conclude about the raven?

4. Where does the negotiation between the explorers and the man whom they meet in the desert take place?

5. What special property does the magical sword have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Kin's feelings about the Company begin to change soon after the dumbwaiter is destroyed?

2. How is Kin rescued, and what do the characters think about the manner or her rescue?

3. What is unusual about the first island that Kin and the others come to after leaving the sailors' homeland? What danger does the group face there?

4. How is the dumbwaiter destroyed?

5. What do Kin and Marco resolve to do until Shand proteins can be found for Silver?

6. Why is Kin arrested?

7. What is unusual about the stars seen from the flat planet?

8. What do the locals intend to do with Kin, and how is this prevented?

9. How does Kin escape after the man whom she and the others meet in the desert turns on them?

10. What do the explorers come to believe about the machinery of the planet?

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