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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Kelenli after Syl Anagist fell?
(a) She became the new president of Syl Anagist.
(b) She and Gallat reconciled and moved in together.
(c) She had orogene children and trained new Lorists.
(d) She and Hoa lived peacefully on an island together.

2. Why does Danel want to follow Essun on her trip to activate the Obelisk Gate?
(a) Danel is a Lorist and feels compelled to record Essun's story.
(b) Danel does not want to be separated from Essun.
(c) Danel wants to get away from Ykka.
(d) Danel wants to make sure Essun does not make things worse.

3. What did Kelenli want to be?
(a) A geomester.
(b) The last Niess lorist.
(c) A Conductor.
(d) The leader of Syl Anagist.

4. Why did Houwha no longer find his garden beautiful once he returned from the field trip in Syl Anagist?
(a) He learned that everything he saw was powered by suffering from the briar patch.
(b) The amethyst had started to give off a terrible green light.
(c) The light from the amethyst had messed up his eyes.
(d) Conductors had sprayed herbicide on all of his favorite plants.

5. Where was the test bore at the Zero Site taken from?
(a) The Earth's core.
(b) A wall of volcanic glass.
(c) The moonstone.
(d) The onyx obelisk.

6. What happened to Gallat and the other Conductors on the Moon?
(a) They stayed on the Moon forever.
(b) They had corestones lodged in their brains, giving origin to the Guardians.
(c) They became stone eaters.
(d) They were incinerated.

7. Who attacks Essun and the others as they go through the Earth with Hoa?
(a) Guardians.
(b) Tuners.
(c) Stone eaters.
(d) Orogenes.

8. What powered the briar patch at the amethyst obelisk's socket?
(a) Captive Niess and tuners.
(b) An obelisk.
(c) Solar panels.
(d) A nuclear generator.

9. According to Hoa, why did Alabaster flee the Fulcrum?
(a) He ran away to become a node maintainer.
(b) He could not stand his family and friends.
(c) He ran away to become a stone eater.
(d) His world could not function without slavery.

10. What did Hoa do while the people of Castrima were in the desert?
(a) He killed slumbering monsters and dragged them to the surface for people to eat.
(b) He worked underground to help comfort the dying and protect the living.
(c) He ignored them completely.
(d) He tried to knock the high roads down.

11. What does Nassun see Essun do for the first time at the end of their conflict in Corepoint?
(a) Essun shouts at her.
(b) Essun smiles at her.
(c) Essun strikes her.
(d) Essun uses orogeny.

12. What would the Earth's Burndown order have accomplished if it succeeded?
(a) It would send humanity a warning.
(b) It would release the Earth's life force gently, so that Syl Anagist would have nothing to harvest.
(c) It would cause Syl Anagist's power grid to overload and deactivate.
(d) It would liquefy the planet's surface, ending all life.

13. How many people survive the journey across the desert?
(a) 850 out of 1100.
(b) 15 out of 1100.
(c) 1100 out of 1100.
(d) 1000 out of 1100.

14. Where does the onyx obelisk go after the conflict in Corepoint?
(a) It floats in the sky.
(b) It goes into the Earth's Core.
(c) It rests in the sea.
(d) It perches on Mount Everest.

15. Who can understand the language first spoken by the vehimal that Nassun and Schaffa take to Corepoint?
(a) Essun.
(b) Lerna.
(c) Schaffa.
(d) Nassun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What route will Castrima take to cross the desert?

2. What happens when the people of Castrima reach the end of the desert?

3. Hoa meets with Essun in Rennanis. What does he reveal about Alabaster's fate?

4. How did Gallat react when he saw the briar patch?

5. What material helped the Earth in its plan to take over the Obelisk Gate?

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