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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of Chapter 16, what has happened to Estraven?
(a) He is starving himself.
(b) He has lost all patience with Genly.
(c) He has gone into kemmer.
(d) He has gone into dothe.

2. 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 has a transmitter, so Genly will be able to contact the Starship.
(d) It is where Agraven lives at this time of year, and they want an audience with him.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the Orgota religion?
(a) Tuhulme.
(b) Handdara.
(c) Orgoreyn.
(d) Yomesh.

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

9. 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 hides Genly in a trash barrel and sends him out in a garbage truck.
(d) He knocks Genly out and convinces the guard that Genly is dead and, therefore, must be removed from the camp for burial.

10. What happens in Orgoreyn after Agraven confronts the Commensals about what they did to Genly?
(a) Many Commensals are replaced, Yegey's party takes control, and Tibe resigns.
(b) The Commensals send assassins to kill Agraven and Tibe is appointed king.
(c) Many Commensals are replaced, Faxe takes control, and Tibe is executed.
(d) Many Commensals are replaced, Obsle's party takes control, and Tibe resigns.

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

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

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

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

15. 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) First Mobile.
(b) Shifgrethor.
(c) Kemmer.
(d) Foreteller.

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. What does Estraven's social status change to after he receives the money from Genly?

3. What was the Gobrin Ice Plateau like, according to Genly's notes?

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

5. Around the time of the earthquake, what does Estraven notice that Genly is repressing himself from doing?

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