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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. Kin and Silver agree to give which of the following to the sailors in exchange for their help?
(a) Gold.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Timber.

2. Kin and the others discover that the first island they land on after leaving the sailor's home is really which of the following?
(a) A submerged mountain.
(b) A giant turtle.
(c) A mechanical volcano.
(d) A free-floating mangrove island.

3. Soon after rescuing Kin, the group discovers what kind of a structure?
(a) A temple.
(b) A pyramid.
(c) A long wall.
(d) A quarry.

4. Kin helps heal some injured locals by using which of the following?
(a) A healing potion.
(b) An injection of nanites.
(c) A medical sphere.
(d) A poultice.

5. What does the group discover at the center of the ship?
(a) A secret chamber in the ship.
(b) A hatch that was embedded under the ground.
(c) The raven.
(d) A hole leading to an underground tunnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kin dislike about the way Marco rescues her?

2. What are the real motives of the man whom the characters meet in the desert?

3. What is unusual about the demon's appearance?

4. With regards to Silver's impending madness, what course of action does Kin initially suggest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the group discover at the ship's crash-site?

2. Describe the creature put into the cell next to Kin. What does the group eventually learn and speculate about it?

3. What is the group being followed by, and how is it unusual?

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

5. What does the group do with the winged demon?

6. What are the man on the flying carpet's real motivations?

7. Why does Kin refuse to believe that the Company could have created the flat planet?

8. What happens to Silver as she and the others near the hub?

9. How does the group confirm that they are being followed?

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

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