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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around the time of the earthquake, what does Estraven notice that Genly is repressing himself from doing?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Urinating.
(c) Crying.
(d) Eating.

2. What happens when Genly speaks before the Thirty-Three?
(a) News of Genly finally became public knowledge in Orgoreyn.
(b) Obsle becomes afraid of him and cancels the reception that was scheduled for him.
(c) Obsle becomes convinced that Genly is a good person.
(d) Genly is deported by the Thirty-Three.

3. What does Chapter 17 say there was in the beginning?
(a) Nothing--the world was without form and void.
(b) The Gobrin Ice.
(c) Edondurath.
(d) Sun and ice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Genly is captured and imprisoned in a work camp, what happens to him every five days and what is the consequence?

2. What does the sight of the Esherhoth Crags do for Estraven and Genly?

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

4. Who agrees to take a message on Estraven's behalf to King Argaven regarding what has happened to Genly Ai?

5. When Estraven finishes calculating the rations for their winter journey, what parameters does he establish?

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