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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the sleepers did Edondurath kill after he woke up?
(a) 36.
(b) 90.
(c) None; he was the only one.
(d) 63.

2. Why, after Estraven's successful pesthry hunt, does it become more difficult for him and Genly to travel for the next several days?
(a) The sledge breaks down and everything on it has be be carried by hand.
(b) Genly has constant diarrhea because the pesthry didn't agree with him.
(c) A blizzard begins, lasting nine days.
(d) The weather changes from snow to rain, turning the snow to mush.

3. During the blizzard, what Earth game does Genly teach Estraven to play?
(a) Go Fish.
(b) Go.
(c) Mah Jongg.
(d) Chess.

4. On what day of their trip do Genly and Estraven eventually arrive in Karhide?
(a) The 81st day.
(b) The 51st day.
(c) The 18th day.
(d) The 100th day.

5. 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 not androgynous.
(b) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are all blond-haired and blue-eyed.
(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.

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

7. When Genly and other prisoners are taken from their first detention facility, what is their destination?
(a) Kundershaden Prison.
(b) The Pulefen Commensality Third Voluntary Farm.
(c) The Gobrin Ice.
(d) A Commensal farm in the Kunderer Valley.

8. What was the Gobrin Ice Plateau like, according to Genly's notes?
(a) A flat sheet of ice.
(b) Mountains.
(c) A frozen storm-raised ocean.
(d) A frozen lake.

9. After Estraven receives money from Genly, where does he find work?
(a) Estraven finds work with the government.
(b) Estraven goes back to work in the icehouse, packing fish.
(c) Estraven takes a job in a plastics factory.
(d) Estraven doesn't have a job.

10. How did Estraven thaw Genly's left eye when it froze shut?
(a) With his breath.
(b) With warm water.
(c) By rubbing it.
(d) With his breath and tongue.

11. Whom does Estraven believe the people of Orgoreyn fear?
(a) Karhide.
(b) Estraven.
(c) Each other.
(d) Genly.

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

13. As Chapter 14 opens, what realization has Estraven come to?
(a) He has realized that he can no longer rely on his "friends" Obsle and Yegey.
(b) He realizes that he can no longer rely on Tibe.
(c) He realizes that the Sarf was right to have arrested Genly Ai.
(d) He realizes that the only two people in Mishnory he can trust are Obsle and Yegey.

14. In Earth years, Genly is younger than 30. How old is he in Winter years?
(a) The same age as he is on Earth.
(b) More than 120.
(c) Between 150 and 200.
(d) 120.

15. What is the name of the first Karhidish village to which Genly and Estraven come?
(a) Kurkurast.
(b) Sassinoth.
(c) Sinoth.
(d) Erhenrang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Orgota religion?

2. What is the name of the high priest?

3. After Genly's meeting with Agraven, where is the Star Ship given clearance to land?

4. According to the Orgota creation myth, what will happen to the world at its end?

5. How long ago did the High Priest compose the sayings in Chapter 12?

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