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

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 never go into kemmer.
(c) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are not androgynous.
(d) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are in kemmer all the time.

2. What role does Estraven tell Genly that King Argaven will be able to play with Orgota once he receives word of Genly's capture?
(a) Kemmer.
(b) Foreteller.
(c) First Mobile.
(d) Shifgrethor.

3. After Genly's meeting with Agraven, where is the Star Ship given clearance to land?
(a) The Round-Tower Dwelling.
(b) Gobrin Ice.
(c) Athten Fen.
(d) The Corner Red Dwelling.

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

5. What happens to Genly shortly after Estraven reappears in Chapter 11 to warn him?
(a) He is arrested and sentenced to death.
(b) He is arrested and deported to Karhide.
(c) He is arrested and taken to Kundershaden Prison.
(d) He is arrested and taken to the Pulefen Commensality Farm.

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

7. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?
(a) There is only evil; there is no good.
(b) There is neither good nor evil.
(c) There is only good; there is no evil.
(d) Both good and evil exist.

8. When Estraven leaves Mishnory under an assumed name and with forged papers, where does he wind up?
(a) In Ethwen.
(b) In the Rotherer Fastness.
(c) In Karhide.
(d) Estraven is found out, and is imprisoned for forging his documents.

9. 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 his association with Genly hasn't cost him his job.
(b) He finds it strange that Genly is being talked about in the media as if he were a celebrity.
(c) He finds it strange that all information pertaining to Genly is censored by the Sarf.
(d) He finds it strange that Tibe's men didn't somehow follow Genly to Mishnory.

10. During his stay at the farm where Genly is being held, Estraven goes into a state of increased strength called:
(a) Dothe.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Kemmer.
(d) Insanity.

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

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

13. What is Edondurath's house made from?
(a) The corpses of the others he had killed.
(b) Snow and ice.
(c) Sticks and hay.
(d) Bricks.

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

15. When Genly and Estraven come out of Tarrenpeth Forest, a few days into their journey, what does Estraven use his previously-acquired hunting skills to trap?
(a) Pesthry, a fox-like herbivore.
(b) Pesthry, a type of game bird.
(c) Pesthry, a fox-like omnivore.
(d) Pesthry, a fox-like carnivore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of prisoner is Genly?

2. What illegal (according to the Law of Cultural Embargo) skill does Genly teach Estraven?

3. According to the Orgota creation myth, how many men were created?

4. What happens in Orgoreyn after Agraven confronts the Commensals about what they did to Genly?

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

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