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

2. What kind of structure do Kin and the others discover as they approach the center of the flat planet?
(a) A tower.
(b) A dome.
(c) A valley.
(d) A fortress.

3. Compared to what the company can produce, what can be said about the demon's technology?
(a) It appears very similar to the Company's technology.
(b) The Company is rumored to have this type of technology.
(c) It is primitive compared to the Company's technology.
(d) It is more advanced than the Company's technology.

4. The locals who arrested her believe Kin to be __________.
(a) A water spirit.
(b) An heiress.
(c) A sorceress.
(d) A siren.

5. What interrupts Kin and Silver's conversation?
(a) A large meteor falls nearby.
(b) The locals ask them to move on.
(c) A fight breaks out in the great hall.
(d) Silver suddenly falls asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kin hide from her captors?

2. Soon after rescuing Kin, the group discovers what kind of a structure?

3. For what does the man whom the characters meet in the desert want to trade?

4. Silver notices that the group is being followed by what?

5. What do Kin and the others learn from the Djinnee about the center of the flat planet?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Kin arrested?

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

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

5. How is the dumbwaiter destroyed?

6. How are the explorers greeted when they reach the sailors' homeland?

7. What happens to Kin and the others at the end of this section?

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

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

10. What causes the brawl in the Great Hall?

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