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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point, Genly finds himself alone in the dormitory with a dying inmate named Asra. What does Genly tell Asra about he people on his (Genly's) planet?
(a) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are all blond-haired and blue-eyed.
(b) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are not androgynous.
(c) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are in kemmer all the time.
(d) He tells Asra that the people on his planet never go into kemmer.

2. This city is the capital of the nation of Karhide:
(a) Berlin.
(b) Erhenrang.
(c) Orgoreyn.
(d) The Island.

3. How does Genly Ai spend the summer?
(a) Genly spends the summer in Karhide, hiding from Tibe.
(b) Genly spends the summer in Mishnory, working in the ice-house with Estraven.
(c) Genly spends the summer traveling, observing, and listening.
(d) Genly spends the summer in Passerer, trying o avert war with Siuwensin.

4. Around the time of the earthquake, what does Estraven notice that Genly is repressing himself from doing?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Urinating.
(c) Crying.
(d) Eating.

5. As of the beginning of Chapter 18, for how many days had Genly and Estraven been traveling?
(a) 50 days.
(b) 15 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Chapter 14 opens, what realization has Estraven come to?

2. How did Estraven thaw Genly's left eye when it froze shut?

3. Why does Chapter 5 say that Genly has come to Rer?

4. What is the result of Genly's meeting with the king?

5. When Stokven realizes he was lied to, what does he do?

(see the answer key)

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