The Stone Sky Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Jemisin, N. K.
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Stone Sky Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Jemisin, N. K.
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nassun think of when Schaffa asks her if she wants to fix the world or end it?

2. How does the handyman at Found Moon describe Schaffa's treatment of Nassun?

3. Who is the one person that Nassun says she would regret destroying with the Obelisk Gate?

4. Why can Essun sense Nassun using magic and orogeny?

5. What does Essun suggest they should do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the Guardians Umber and Nida to attack Nassun?

2. What's unusual about the miniature Plutonic Engine that Kelenli shows the tuners during their first lesson?

3. When Schaffa and Nassun arrive at Old Man's Pucker, they camp outside the forest before heading in to look for the Station. Why?

4. Why does Ykka say she is mad at Essun when Essun first wakes up from her coma?

5. Why does Nassun want to end the world?

6. Essun begins Chapter 1 with a group of caretakers. Where are they from and where are they headed?

7. Why must the orogenes be controlled, according to Schaffa?

8. What created the obsidian column at the heart of the dead civ in Old Man's Pucker?

9. When Kelenli first meets the other tuners, to what does she attribute her success in riding the onyx obelisk?

10. What will Grey Man do to Nassun after she has opened the Obelisk Gate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Essun’s character and describe how her experiences with Castrima prepared her for the final confrontation with Nassun at Corepoint. How did her time with Castrima contribute to her state of mind? What was the effect of bringing her companions along? How did the journey influence her decisions in the conflict with Nassun?

Essay Topic 2

Jemisin describes a society where characters must depend on each other daily to survive. Write an essay examining the role interdependence plays in the novel. Provide a working definition of interdependence and analyze how it both creates and resolves conflict between characters.

Essay Topic 3

Like our protagonists, Father Earth has known exploitation and loss. Explain how Jemisin uses Father Earth as a foil to Nassun, Essun or Hoa. What makes Father Earth an antagonist? What leads him to change his ways? How does his character arc compare to the protagonist’s?

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