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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Genly during the first week of his arrest?
(a) He is drugged and interrogated.
(b) He is hit on by an Orgota in kemmer.
(c) His passport is returned to him and he is released.
(d) He is placed on trial.

3. 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.

4. 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) Genly twists his ankle.
(d) A wheel gets stuck and the axle bends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Chapter 16, how many total miles since leaving their first camp have Estraven and Genly covered?

2. Why, after Estraven's successful pesthry hunt, does it become more difficult for him and Genly to travel for the next several days?

3. Did Genly accomplish, in the end, his mission to incorporate Winter into the Ekumen, according to Chapter 20?

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

5. What does Estraven do with the letter he writes to his son, and why?

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