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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during Estraven and Genly's descent of Mount Dremegole?
(a) The sledge tips and they lose sixty pounds of food.
(b) Estraven slips on a patch of ice.
(c) A wheel gets stuck and the axle bends.
(d) Genly twists his ankle.

2. By the end of Chapter 16, how many total miles since leaving their first camp have Estraven and Genly covered?
(a) 254.
(b) 245.
(c) 75.
(d) 13.

3. What does Estraven do with the letter he writes to his son, and why?
(a) He doesn't send it because he disowned his son.
(b) He hand delivers it to his son.
(c) He doesn't send it because it would condemn his son.
(d) He sends it because he misses his son.

4. What does Genly do in Chapter 19 that he would not allow himself to do in Chapter 16?
(a) Genly stops and asks for directions.
(b) Genly allows himself to trust Estraven.
(c) Genly breaks down and cries.
(d) Genly has sex with Estraven.

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

6. What is the name of the high priest?
(a) Tuhulme.
(b) Handdara.
(c) Yomesh.
(d) Meshe.

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

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

9. Who agrees to take a message on Estraven's behalf to King Argaven regarding what has happened to Genly Ai?
(a) Ashe.
(b) Sardon rem ir Chenewich.
(c) The Thirty-Three.
(d) Shusgis.

10. How does Estraven blackmail Shusgis?
(a) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Obsle and Yegey.
(b) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Genly Ai.
(c) By telling him he (Estraven) is part of a plan to assassinate Tibe.
(d) By telling him that he (Estraven) was asked to assassinate him, but would rather protect him instead.

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

12. What does Estraven's social status change to after he receives the money from Genly?
(a) Dependent, meaning he is able to support himself.
(b) Unit, meaning he is able to support himself.
(c) Dependent, meaning he can't support himself.
(d) Unit, meaning he can't support himself.

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

14. According to the Orgota creation myth, how many men were created?
(a) 42.
(b) 93.
(c) 2, one male and one female.
(d) 39.

15. 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 800 miles, traveling at a rate of 21 miles a day, they have enough rations for 78 days.
(c) Considering the distance is 400 miles, traveling at a rate of 12 miles a day, they have enough rations for 30 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.

Short Answer 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?

2. In Earth years, Genly is younger than 30. How old is he in Winter years?

3. What do Estraven and Genly do when they arrive at the Bay of Guthen?

4. What is Edondurath's house made from?

5. After Estraven's death at the end of Chapter 19, what does Chapter 20 tell us happens to Genly?

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