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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Estraven succeed in freeing Genly from his captivity?
(a) He forges orders that supposedly transfer Genly to another farm.
(b) He digs a hole underneath the perimeter fence and leads Genly to freedom.
(c) He knocks Genly out and convinces the guard that Genly is dead and, therefore, must be removed from the camp for burial.
(d) He hides Genly in a trash barrel and sends him out in a garbage truck.

2. How does Estraven acquire the initial supplies and food for the winter journey?
(a) He buys them in Turuf.
(b) He goes hunting.
(c) He acquires them before freeing Genly and hides them for later access.
(d) He steals them in Turuf.

3. When Estraven finishes calculating the rations for their winter journey, what parameters does he establish?
(a) Considering the trip is 800 miles, and traveling at a rate of 12 miles a day, they have enough rations for 78 days.
(b) Considering the distance is 400 miles, traveling at a rate of 12 miles a day, they have enough rations for 30 days.
(c) Considering the distance is 800 miles, traveling at a rate of 21 miles a day, they have enough rations for 78 days.
(d) Considering the distance is 400 miles, and they need to travel at a rate of 21 miles a day, they have enough rations for 30 days.

4. Why do Genly and Estraven want to go to Sassinoth?
(a) It is where Ashe is now living and Estraven wants to see him and their sons.
(b) It is a city of safe refuge; Estraven will be protected and not have to worry about Tibe's men.
(c) It is where Agraven lives at this time of year, and they want an audience with him.
(d) It has a transmitter, so Genly will be able to contact the Starship.

5. What do Estraven and Genly do when they arrive at the Bay of Guthen?
(a) They put the wheels back on the sledge.
(b) They set off on skis.
(c) They convert the sledge to a boat.
(d) They abandon the sledge and make up backpacks.

6. According to the Orgota creation myth, what will happen to the world at its end?
(a) The sun will explode and melt all the ice.
(b) The sun will devour itself, shadow will eat light, and there will once again be nothing but darkness and ice.
(c) An asteroid will hit the planet and blow it up.
(d) The sun will devour itself and the planet will turn to a dead rock.

7. What does Chapter 17 say there was in the beginning?
(a) The Gobrin Ice.
(b) Edondurath.
(c) Nothing--the world was without form and void.
(d) Sun and ice.

8. Whom does Genly visit at the end of spring?
(a) Ashe, Estraven's former kemmering.
(b) Esvans Harth ir rem Estraven, Estraven's father, and Arek, Estraven's older brother.
(c) The Weaver Orden.
(d) Heo Lang Hew.

9. In Chapter 18, Genly and Estraven have gone through much of the provisions they started with. What do we learn that Genly and Estraven are now relying on eating for nourishment?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Pesthry and orsh.
(c) Pesthry and gichy-michy.
(d) Orsh and gichy-michy.

10. What type of prisoner is Genly?
(a) Prisoner of war.
(b) Prisoner of love.
(c) Political prisoner.
(d) Prisoner of conscience.

11. Who is known as the Center of Time?
(a) Yomesh.
(b) Tuhulme.
(c) Handara.
(d) Meshe.

12. After Genly comes to live in Mishnory, what does Estraven find strange about how the local government is handling the presence of a First Mobile in their town?
(a) He finds it strange that all information pertaining to Genly is censored by the Sarf.
(b) He finds it strange that his association with Genly hasn't cost him his job.
(c) He finds it strange that Genly is being talked about in the media as if he were a celebrity.
(d) He finds it strange that Tibe's men didn't somehow follow Genly to Mishnory.

13. As Chapter 15 opens, where do Genly and Estraven decide to hide for the winter?
(a) Gobrin Ice.
(b) Kerm Ice.
(c) Gethen.
(d) Mishnory.

14. After Estraven's death at the end of Chapter 19, what does Chapter 20 tell us happens to Genly?
(a) He is executed in Sassinoth.
(b) He is taken back to Karhide and executed.
(c) He is imprisoned in Sassinoth.
(d) He is taken back to Karhide and imprisoned.

15. How long ago did the High Priest compose the sayings in Chapter 12?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) 900 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 600 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during Estraven and Genly's descent of Mount Dremegole?

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

3. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?

4. On what day of their trip do Genly and Estraven eventually arrive in Karhide?

5. After Estraven receives money from Genly, where does he find work?

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